Solutions to microplastic pollution – Removal of microplastics from wastewater effluent with advanced wastewater treatment technologies

Microplastic pollution is widely detected in US municipal wastewater treatment plant effluent.

Municipal wastewater effluent has been proposed as one pathway for microplastics to enter the aquatic environment. Here we present a broad study of municipal wastewater treatment plant effluent as a pathway for microplastic pollution to enter receiving waters. A total of 90 samples were analyzed from 17 different facilities across the United States. Averaging all facilities and sampling dates, ...

Advanced technologies in water and wastewater treatment

The use of conventional water and wastewater treatment processes becomes increasingly challenged with the identification of more and more contaminants, rapid growth of population and industrial activities, and diminishing availability of water resources. Three emerging treatment technologies, including membrane filtration, advanced oxidation processes (AOPs), and UV irradiation, hold great prom...

Microplastic in Danish wastewater

Biosorptive Removal of Ni(Ii) from Wastewater and Industrial Effluent

The objective of the present work was to investigate the removal of Ni(II) by the fresh biomass (FBM) and chemically treated leached biomass (LBM) of Calotropis procera. The scope of the work included screening of the biosorbents for their metal uptake potential, batch equilibrium, column mode removal studies and kinetic studies at varying pH (2-6), contact time, biosorbent dosages (1-25 g/L) a...

Physico-chemical Processes for Organic Removal from Wastewater Effluent