Perspectives on modelling micropollutants in wastewater treatment plants

Dynamic Modelling of Micropollutants in the Integrated Urban Wastewater System

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A review of the fate of micropollutants in wastewater treatment plants

Municipal wastewaters are contaminated by a wide range of chemicals, from surfactants to heavy metals, including pharmaceutical residues, personal care products, various household chemicals, and biocides/pesticides. Their release into the environment, where they may generate adverse effects on aquatic organisms, depends on their fate in wastewater treatment plants (WWTPs). The sources, the typi...

Characteristic occurrence patterns of micropollutants and their removal efficiencies in industrial wastewater treatment plants.

The concentrations and removal efficiencies of various kinds of micropollutants were investigated and the relationships between the input sources of industrial wastewater and occurrence patterns of each micropollutant were identified at nine on-site industrial wastewater treatment plants (WWTPs). The distribution pattern of each compound varied according to the WWTP type and several micropollut...

Are we about to reliably predict the fate of micropollutants through wastewater treatment plants?

Models for micropollutants (MPs) are required to provide engineers and decision-makers with reliable tools that will help increase MP removal through wastewater treatment plants (WWTPs) and minimize their impact on the receiving waters. This paper aims at identifying the modelling needs of research (fundamental) vs. practice (design) vs. regulation (compliance) with a focus on the interactions....

Title Perfluorochemicals in wastewater treatment plants