Persistence and fate of highly soluble pharmaceutical products in various types of municipal wastewater treatment plants

• Published in: Transactions on ecology and the environment Vol. 109; pp. 799 - 807
• Main Authors: GAGNON, C, LAJEUNESSE, A
• Format: Conference Proceeding Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Southampton WIT 01.01.2008; W I T Press
• Subjects: Activated sludge; Aerated lagoons; Aeration; Aerobic conditions; Antibiotics; Applied sciences; Bioavailability; Biological and medical sciences; Biological treatment of waters; Biotechnology; Carbamazepine; Chemical wastewater; Clofibric acid; Consumer products; Contaminants; Diclofenac; Effluent treatment; Effluents; Environment and pollution; Environmental impact; Exact sciences and technology; Fundamental and applied biological sciences. Psychology; Ibuprofen; Industrial applications and implications. Economical aspects; Lagoons; Municipal wastewater; Naproxen; Nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drugs; Organic chemistry; Other wastewaters; Pharmaceuticals; Polarity; Pollution; Receiving waters; Selectivity; Toxicity; Wastewater treatment; Wastewater treatment plants; Wastewaters; Water treatment; Water treatment and pollution; Canada; North America; America; Quebec; Canada, Quebec, Montreal; Drug; Persistence; Activated sludge; Pollutant behavior; Aerated lagoon; Polarity; Urban waste water; Physicochemical purification; Property structure relationship; Waste water purification; Organic compounds; Biological purification

Municipal effluents are important source of contaminants including many socalled Pharmaceutical and Personal Care Products (PPCPs) substances, whose potential impacts on the receiving environment are poorly understood. New emerging substances, in the form of pharmaceutical drugs like antibiotics, an...