Microplastics in municipal wastewater treatment plants in Turkey: a comparison of the influent and secondary effluent concentrations

Wastewater treatment plants are one of the primary pathways through which microplastics enter aquatic environments. In this study, we have determined the microplastic concentrations of the influent and secondary effluent water of two wastewater treatment plants in Turkey. For this purpose, we have t...

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Published in:Environmental monitoring and assessment 2018-11, Vol.190 (11), p.626-10, Article 626
Main Authors: Gündoğdu, Sedat, Çevik, Cem, Güzel, Evşen, Kilercioğlu, Serdar
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Aquatic environment
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Earth and Environmental Science
Ecology
Ecotoxicology
Effluents
Environment
Environmental Management
Environmental monitoring
Environmental Monitoring - methods
Environmental science
Influents
Microplastics
Monitoring/Environmental Analysis
Municipal wastewater
Plastic pollution
Plastics - analysis
Polymers
Raman spectroscopy
Removal
Spectroscopy
Turkey
Waste Disposal, Fluid
Waste Water - chemistry
Wastewater
Wastewater treatment
Wastewater treatment plants
Water - analysis
Water Pollutants, Chemical - analysis
Water treatment
Water treatment plants
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Aquatic environment
Atmospheric Protection/Air Quality Control/Air Pollution
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Ecology
Ecotoxicology
Effluents
Environment
Environmental Management
Environmental monitoring
Environmental Monitoring - methods
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Microplastics
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Plastic pollution
Plastics - analysis
Polymers
Raman spectroscopy
Removal
Spectroscopy
Turkey
Waste Disposal, Fluid
Waste Water - chemistry
Wastewater
Wastewater treatment
Wastewater treatment plants
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Water Pollutants, Chemical - analysis
Water treatment
Water treatment plants
title Microplastics in municipal wastewater treatment plants in Turkey: a comparison of the influent and secondary effluent concentrations
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