The distribution and removal of pharmaceutical contaminants in classic wastewater treatment process
Authors
Hongbo Wang, Guorui Pang, Ning Ding, Pingping Jia, Ning Wang
Corresponding Author
Hongbo Wang
Available Online July 2015.
- DOI
- 10.2991/icaees-15.2015.99How to use a DOI?
- Keywords
- Municipal Wastewater, Pharmaceutical Contaminants, Removal
- Abstract
The distribution of three typical pharmaceutical contaminants, caffeine, naproxen, and diclofenac was investigated in a typical municipal sewage treatment plant and the removal was analyzed in various treatment processes. The results show that all treatment units could affect the removal of pharmaceutical pollutants, of which, anaerobic tank, A2O biological treatment tank, and secondary clarifier had more effect than other units. It was found that activated sludge could adsorb and accumulate most of pharmaceutical contaminants.
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- © 2015, the Authors. Published by Atlantis Press.
- Open Access
- This is an open access article distributed under the CC BY-NC license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/).
Cite this article
TY - CONF AU - Hongbo Wang AU - Guorui Pang AU - Ning Ding AU - Pingping Jia AU - Ning Wang PY - 2015/07 DA - 2015/07 TI - The distribution and removal of pharmaceutical contaminants in classic wastewater treatment process BT - Proceedings of the 3rd International Conference on Advances in Energy and Environmental Science 2015 PB - Atlantis Press SP - 528 EP - 532 SN - 2352-5401 UR - https://doi.org/10.2991/icaees-15.2015.99 DO - 10.2991/icaees-15.2015.99 ID - Wang2015/07 ER -