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  • Public Health
  • Microbiology

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  • Literature review of disinfection and antimicrobial processes from 2019.
  • Focus on drinking water, wastewater, and antimicrobial resistance.
  • Highlights practical challenges and emerging issues.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To summarize key advancements in disinfection technologies.
  • To identify critical challenges in wastewater treatment.
  • To discuss the implications of antimicrobial resistance.

Main Methods:

  • Comprehensive literature review of 2019 publications.
  • Categorization of research into drinking water, wastewater, and antimicrobial resistance.
  • Synthesis of findings relevant to practitioners.

Main Results:

  • Growing development of emerging technologies for virus disinfection in drinking water.
  • Need for robust processes to manage high-volume wastewater bypass.
  • Antimicrobial resistance identified as a significant emerging pollutant challenge.

Conclusions:

  • Advancements in drinking water disinfection are promising.
  • Wastewater treatment capacity and bypass management require urgent attention.
  • Antimicrobial resistance presents a complex, evolving environmental and health threat.