Journal of Membrane Science & Technology
Open Access
ISSN: 2155-9589
ISSN: 2155-9589
Environmental Engineering Department, Dokuz Eylul University, Buca- İzmir, Turkey
Research Article
Treatment of Two Recalcitrant Neonicotinoid Insecticided (Imidacloprid and Thiamethoxam) from the Surface Water Near Agricultural Lands using Forward Osmosis (FO) and Pressure Retarded Osmosis (PRO)
Author(s): Delia Teresa Sponza*
Two neonicotinoid insecticides namely Imidacloprid 1‐[(6‐chloro‐3‐pyridmyl)methyl]‐N‐mtro‐2‐imidazolidinimine)
(IMD) and Thiamethoxam (3-(2-Chloro-5-thiazolylmethyl) tetrahydro-5-methyl-N-nitro-4H-1,3,5-oxadiazin-4-imine) (THM)
were identified from a surface water near two agricultural lands in the Agean Region İn İzmir Turkey. A forward osmosis
(FO) containing a flat sheet aquaporin membrane, was used as a membrane treatment process to treat the neonicotinoid
insecticides (imidacloprid and Thiamethoxam) while the effluents of FO was compared by using a PRO process having a
hollow fiber aquaporin membrane. THM exhibited higher yields in FO and PRO membranes than that IMD since TMH HAS
has high water solubility and low octanol/water partitions compared to IMD. This neonicotinoid insecticide exhibited high
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