Life cycle assessment of advanced wastewater treatment processes: Involving 126 pharmaceuticals and personal care products in life cycle inventory

2019 ◽  
Vol 238 ◽  
pp. 442-450 ◽  
Author(s):  
Yi Li ◽  
Shanxue Zhang ◽  
Wenlong Zhang ◽  
Wei Xiong ◽  
Quanliang Ye ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Wastewater Treatment ◽  
Life Cycle Assessment ◽  
Life Cycle ◽  
Life Cycle Inventory ◽  
Personal Care Products ◽  
Personal Care ◽  
Treatment Processes ◽  
Advanced Wastewater Treatment

scholarly journals Fate of selected pharmaceuticals and personal care products after secondary wastewater treatment processes in Taiwan

2010 ◽  
Vol 62 (10) ◽  
pp. 2450-2458 ◽  
Author(s):  
Angela Yu-Chen Lin ◽  
Cheng-Fan Lin ◽  
Yu-Ting Tsai ◽  
Hank Hui-Hsiang Lin ◽  
Jie Chen ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Wastewater Treatment ◽  
High Performance ◽  
Wastewater Treatment Plants ◽  
Solid Phase ◽  
Personal Care Products ◽  
Personal Care ◽  
Matrix Interference ◽  
Treatment Processes ◽  
Liquid Chromatography Tandem Mass ◽  
Removal Efficiencies

Pharmaceuticals and personal care products (PPCPs) constitute a class of chemicals of emerging concern due to the potential risks they pose to organisms and the environment, even at low concentrations (ng/L). Recent studies have found that PPCPs are not efficiently removed in secondary wastewater treatment plants (WWTPs). This study has: (1) simultaneously investigated the occurrence of sixty-one PPCPs using solid phase extraction and high-performance liquid chromatography-tandem mass spectrometry, (2) evaluated removal efficiencies of target PPCPs in six WWTPs that discharge effluents into major Taiwanese rivers, and lastly (3) examined matrix interference during analysis of target PPCPs in water samples. The twenty target PPCPs were chosen for their high detection frequencies, high influent concentrations, and stability during wastewater treatment processes. Caffeine and acetaminophen were detected at the highest concentrations (as high as 24,467 and 33,400 ng/L) and were effectively removed (both >96%); other PPCPs were detected in the high ng/L range but were not effectively removed. Matrix interference (by ion suppression or enhancement) during the analysis resulted in underestimation of the removal efficiencies of erythromycin-H2O, cefazolin, clarithromycin, ibuprofen, diclofenac, clofibric acid and gemfibrozil.

scholarly journals Characterizing the Passage of Personal Care Products Through Wastewater Treatment Processes

2007 ◽  
Vol 79 (13) ◽  
pp. 2564-2577 ◽  
Author(s):  
Joan Oppenheimer ◽  
Roger Stephenson ◽  
Arturo Burbano ◽  
Li Liu
Keyword(s):  
Wastewater Treatment ◽  
Personal Care Products ◽  
Personal Care ◽  
Treatment Processes

Removal efficiency of pharmaceuticals and personal care products with varying wastewater treatment processes and operating conditions – conception of a database and first results

2008 ◽  
Vol 57 (1) ◽  
pp. 49-56 ◽  
Author(s):  
C. Miège ◽  
J.M. Choubert ◽  
L. Ribeiro ◽  
M. Eusèbe ◽  
M. Coquery
Keyword(s):  
Wastewater Treatment ◽  
Removal Efficiency ◽  
Personal Care Products ◽  
Operating Conditions ◽  
Personal Care ◽  
Scientific Publications ◽  
Treatment Processes ◽  
First Results ◽  
Mean Concentration

We created a database in order to quantitatively assess the occurrence and removal efficiency of PPCPs in WWTPs. From 113 scientific publications, we compiled 5887 data on the concentrations and loads of PPCPs in WWTP influents and effluents, and on their removal efficiency. The first outputs of our database include: (1) a list of the most frequently studied molecules, their frequency of detection, their mean concentration and removal in liquid influent and effluent; (2) a comparison of the removal efficiency for different WWTP processes; (3) a study of the influence of the operating conditions (sludge and hydraulic retention times).

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