Chapter 3
Water Recycling in Biosystems
for Food Production
L. Pérez-Sánchez, A. Rodríguez-Méndez, I. Montufar-Reyes,
R. Trejo-Hernández, M. Mayorga-Garay, A. C. Montoya-Lizarraga,
L. M. Macías-Sámano, B. Reséndiz-Luján,
J. Alberto Rodríguez-Morales, Eduardo A. Elizalde-Peña
and K. Esquivel-Escalante
Contents
3.1 Introduction....................................................................................................................... 77
3.2 Experimental Conditions .................................................................................................. 83
3.2.1 Wastewater Treatment Plant ................................................................................ 83
3.2.2 Solar Photocatalysis Disinfection......................................................................... 84
3.2.3 Metal Removal...................................................................................................... 85
3.3 Results............................................................................................................................... 86
3.3.1 Physicochemical Characteristics of the Wastewater ........................................... 86
3.3.2 Disinfection ........................................................................................................... 87
3.3.3 Metal Removal...................................................................................................... 90
3.4 Conclusion ........................................................................................................................ 94
References.................................................................................................................................. 95
3.1 Introduction
Nowadays, experts are discussing the issue of water taking into account the
Declaration of Dublin, in which the topic of water is treated like a sustainable
issue. This declaration was presented in 1992. It is a fact that the scarcity and
L. Pérez-Sánchez Á I. Montufar-Reyes
Universidad Tecnológica de Corregidora, Carretera Santa Bárbara-Coroneo, Km. 11.2,
Corregidora, Querétaro, México
A. Rodríguez-Méndez Á R. Trejo-Hernández Á M. Mayorga-Garay Á J. Alberto RodríguezMorales Á E. A. Elizalde-Peña Á K. Esquivel-Escalante (&)
Facultad de Ingeniería, UAQ, Cerro de las Campanas, 76000 Santiago de Querétaro,
Querétaro, México
e-mail: karen_esq_2001@yahoo.com
A. C. Montoya-Lizarraga Á L. M. Macías-Sámano Á B. Reséndiz-Luján
Facultad de Química, UAQ, Cerro de las Campanas, 76000 Santiago de Querétaro,
Querétaro, México
R. Guevara-Gonzalez and I. Torres-Pacheco (eds.), Biosystems Engineering:
Biofactories for Food Production in the Century XXI, DOI: 10.1007/978-3-319-03880-3_3,
Ó Springer International Publishing Switzerland 2014
77
Water Recycling in Biosystems
for Food Production
L. Pérez-Sánchez, A. Rodríguez-Méndez, I. Montufar-Reyes,
R. Trejo-Hernández, M. Mayorga-Garay, A. C. Montoya-Lizarraga,
L. M. Macías-Sámano, B. Reséndiz-Luján,
J. Alberto Rodríguez-Morales, Eduardo A. Elizalde-Peña
and K. Esquivel-Escalante
Contents
3.1 Introduction....................................................................................................................... 77
3.2 Experimental Conditions .................................................................................................. 83
3.2.1 Wastewater Treatment Plant ................................................................................ 83
3.2.2 Solar Photocatalysis Disinfection......................................................................... 84
3.2.3 Metal Removal...................................................................................................... 85
3.3 Results............................................................................................................................... 86
3.3.1 Physicochemical Characteristics of the Wastewater ........................................... 86
3.3.2 Disinfection ........................................................................................................... 87
3.3.3 Metal Removal...................................................................................................... 90
3.4 Conclusion ........................................................................................................................ 94
References.................................................................................................................................. 95
3.1 Introduction
Nowadays, experts are discussing the issue of water taking into account the
Declaration of Dublin, in which the topic of water is treated like a sustainable
issue. This declaration was presented in 1992. It is a fact that the scarcity and
L. Pérez-Sánchez Á I. Montufar-Reyes
Universidad Tecnológica de Corregidora, Carretera Santa Bárbara-Coroneo, Km. 11.2,
Corregidora, Querétaro, México
A. Rodríguez-Méndez Á R. Trejo-Hernández Á M. Mayorga-Garay Á J. Alberto RodríguezMorales Á E. A. Elizalde-Peña Á K. Esquivel-Escalante (&)
Facultad de Ingeniería, UAQ, Cerro de las Campanas, 76000 Santiago de Querétaro,
Querétaro, México
e-mail: karen_esq_2001@yahoo.com
A. C. Montoya-Lizarraga Á L. M. Macías-Sámano Á B. Reséndiz-Luján
Facultad de Química, UAQ, Cerro de las Campanas, 76000 Santiago de Querétaro,
Querétaro, México
R. Guevara-Gonzalez and I. Torres-Pacheco (eds.), Biosystems Engineering:
Biofactories for Food Production in the Century XXI, DOI: 10.1007/978-3-319-03880-3_3,
Ó Springer International Publishing Switzerland 2014
77