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Applying organic materials such as biochar has been aimed at removing water contaminants due to the overall low production cost, easy handling, and generation of renewable wastes after the application. Biochar materials have been proposed to remove metal contaminants and pharmaceutical compounds. Furthermore, such application ranges can extend to microorganism control, especially enteric viruses that require specific detection and control procedures. Water pathogens present a constant but increasing worry in agriculture systems, threatening to contaminate an entire production chain and the adjunct population through a single contaminated source. In this approach, studies have presented promising results in the retention of bacteria and viruses through biochar, combined or not with additional materials filters, further increasing the relevance of such compounds in water and wastewater sanitation.
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de Souza, E.B. et al. (2021). Active Control of Environmental Enteric Viruses and Bacteria Using Biochar. In: Thapar Kapoor, R., Treichel, H., Shah, M.P. (eds) Biochar and its Application in Bioremediation. Springer, Singapore. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-16-4059-9_20
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