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

► Ten-fold increase in the number of papers on PPCPs in WWTPs in ten years. ► Wastewater analysis can help tackle societal problems. ► PFCs in WWTPs present negative removal rates. A wastewater treatment plant may receive various types of wastewater namely, urban, industrial, agricultural, washout f...

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Published in:Journal of hazardous materials 2012-11, Vol.239-240, p.1-18
Main Authors: Ratola, Nuno, Cincinelli, Alessandra, Alves, Arminda, Katsoyiannis, Athanasios
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
atmospheric deposition
cocaine
cosmetics
Cosmetics - analysis
Doping substances
effluents
Environmental Monitoring
Flame Retardants - analysis
Illicit drugs
Organic Chemicals - analysis
Organophosphates
persistent organic pollutants
pesticides
Pesticides - analysis
PFCs
Pharmaceutical Preparations - analysis
Pharmaceuticals
polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons
scientists
Waste Disposal, Fluid
Waste Water - analysis
Wastewater
wastewater treatment
Water Pollutants, Chemical - analysis
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Summary:► Ten-fold increase in the number of papers on PPCPs in WWTPs in ten years. ► Wastewater analysis can help tackle societal problems. ► PFCs in WWTPs present negative removal rates. 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.
ISSN:0304-3894
1873-3336
DOI:10.1016/j.jhazmat.2012.05.040