Occurrence of organic microcontaminants in the wastewater treatment process. A mini review

• Type: Article in International Scientific Journal
• Date: 2012

Authors

Nuno Ratola (Author) FEUP; Alessandra Cincinelli (Author) Other; Arminda Alves (Author) FEUP; Athanasios Katsoyiannis (Author) Other

Journal

Title: Journal of Hazardous Materials

Vol. 239-240

Pages: 1-18

ISSN: 0304-3894

Publisher: Elsevier

Indexing

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Scientific classification

FOS: Engineering and technology > Civil engineering

Associated Projects

PEst-C/EQB/UI0511/2011 - PROJECTO ESTRATÉGICO - UI 511 - 2011-2012

Other information

Authenticus ID: P-002-3DX

DOI: 10.1016/j.jhazmat.2012.05.040

Abstract (EN): A wastewater treatment plant may receive various types of wastewater namely, urban, industrial, agricultural, washout from the streets, wet or/and dry atmospheric deposition. As such, scientists have detected in wastewaters all major categories of pollutants like persistent organic pollutants (POPs), polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs) and pesticides, but also substances that are widely used as pharmaceuticals and cosmetics, classified as "PPCPs" (pharmaceuticals and personal care products). Finally, the latest categories of compounds to be looked upon in these types of matrices are illicit drugs (drugs of abuse, like cocaine, etc.) and doping substances. This review article summarises major categories of organic microcontaminants that have been detected in wastewaters and studies their fate during the wastewater treatment process. Occurrence of these compounds in the influents and effluents are reported, as well as percents of removal, mass balances and phase distributions.

Language: English

Type (Professor's evaluation): Scientific

No. of pages: 18