Newly available prescription data has been used along with census data to develop a localised method for predicting pharmaceutical concentrations in sewage influent and effluent for England, and applied to a case study: the steroid estrogens estrone, 17β-estradiol, and 17α-ethinylestradiol in a selected catchment. The prescription data allows calculation of the mass consumed of synthetic estrog...

The Resource Consumption and Recovery Act (RCRA), 1976, encourages waste minimization via practices like source reduction and solvent recycle. Waste streams treated with the orthodox end-of-pipe treatment options like thermal incineration, chemical oxidation etc. has to be reported as RCRA hazardous. To avoid strict environmental regulations imposed on all such effluent streams, this paper expl...

Over the last decade, research has examined the endocrine-disrupting action of various environmental pollutants, including hormones, pharmaceuticals, and surfactants, in sewage treatment plant effluent. Responding to the growth of concentrated animal feeding operations (CAFOs) and the pollutants present in their wastewater (e.g., nutrients, pharmaceuticals, and hormones), the U.S. Environmental...

WAC 173-205-010 Purpose. 173-205-020 Definitions. 173-205-030 Applicability. 173-205-040 Determining the need for effluent characterization. 173-205-050 Effluent testing for toxicity. 173-205-060 Additional effluent characterizations. 173-205-070 Monitoring for compliance with whole effluent toxicity limits. 173-205-080 Samples for whole effluent toxicity testing. 173-205-090 Response to noncom...

Abstract The occurrence of emerging micropollutants (pharmaceuticals, pesticides, personal care products, industrial compounds, etc.) in the environment is considered a major threat to human health and aquatic ecosystems. These enter through anthropogenic actions have been identified surface, ground, waste, even drinking water, quantities ranging from ng L ?1 µg . Currently, pollution global wa...