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Is sequential batch reactor an efficient technology to protect recipient against non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs and paracetamol in treated wastewater?

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The tested facility was a wastewater treatment plant (WWTP) in Swarzewo, where the wastewater treatment takes place in aeration chambers with activated sludge using sequential batch reactors (SBRs). The concentration of the following pharmaceuticals: ibuprofen, paracetamol, flurbiprofen, naproxen, diclofenac, and its metabolites 5OH-diclofenac and 4OH-diclofenac was tested in influents and effluents. Simultaneously, the conventional parameters were characterised. The removal of conventional pollutants was high (94.4–99.5%). At the same time, the removal of pharmaceuticals was variable. In the case of diclofenac and its metabolites, the concentration in the effluent was higher than in the influents. The risk quotients (RQs) calculated for analyzed pharmaceuticals suggest low environmental risk for selected species. However, negative impact for the biota due to the chronic presence of diclofenac cannot be excluded. It can be concluded that the SBRs, similarly to traditional flow activated sludge technology, are not efficient in the removal of target pharmaceuticals.

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Category:
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Type:
artykuły w czasopismach
Published in:
BIORESOURCE TECHNOLOGY no. 318,
ISSN: 0960-8524
Language:
Polish
Publication year:
2020
Bibliographic description:
Kołecka K., Gajewska M., Cytawa S., Stepnowski P., Caban M.: Is sequential batch reactor an efficient technology to protect recipient against non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs and paracetamol in treated wastewater?// BIORESOURCE TECHNOLOGY -Vol. 318, (2020), s.124068-
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Digital Object Identifier (open in new tab) 10.1016/j.biortech.2020.124068
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Gdańsk University of Technology

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