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

• Tipo: Artigo em Revista Científica Internacional
• Data: 2012

Autores

Nuno Ratola (Autor) FEUP; Alessandra Cincinelli (Autor) Outra; Arminda Alves (Autor) FEUP; Athanasios Katsoyiannis (Autor) Outra

Revista

Título: Journal of Hazardous Materials

Vol. 239-240

Páginas: 1-18

ISSN: 0304-3894

Editora: Elsevier

Indexação

ISI Web of Knowledge - 156 Citações

Scopus - 219 Citações

Classificação Científica

FOS: Ciências da engenharia e tecnologias > Engenharia civil

Projetos Associados

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

Outras Informações

ID Authenticus: 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.

Idioma: Inglês

Tipo (Avaliação Docente): Científica

Nº de páginas: 18