Occupational Health Risk Assessment for Wastewater Treatment and Reuse in Kanpur, India.

ABSTRACT: The treatment and reuse of wastewater for irrigation can lead to occupational health risks for sewage treatment plant (STP) workers and farmers. Sanitation Safety Planning (SSP) is an approach which can be used to measure and mitigate these risks. This paper explores what impact a novel secondary treatment process, consisting of an integrated permeate channel (IPC) membrane combined with a constructed wetland plus, has on the occupational health risks compared with the existing activated sludge wastewater treatment process and reuse system in Kanpur, Uttar Pradesh. A mixed methodology was used, which included key informant interviews, structured observations, and E. coli analysis. This data was used to undertake semi-quantitative risk assessments following the SSP approach. The nove

SUBMITTER: Babalola FM 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10298189 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Jun

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature