Algal cultivation in urban wastewater: an efficient way to reduce pharmaceutical pollutants

• Published in: Journal of applied phycology Vol. 29; no. 1; pp. 255 - 262
• Main Authors: Gentili, Francesco G., Fick, Jerker
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Dordrecht Springer Netherlands 01.02.2017; Springer Nature B.V
• Subjects: Algae; algae culture; antibiotics; antidepressants; Aquatic plants; asthma; beta-adrenergic antagonists; Biomedical and Life Sciences; Bioremediation; Biosanering; correlation; Cultivation; data collection; Ecology; Flue gas; Freshwater; Freshwater & Marine Ecology; Hypertension; Life Sciences; Light intensity; muscle relaxants; Nitrogen; Pharmaceutical industry wastes; Pharmaceuticals; Phosphorus; photobioreactors; Plant Physiology; Plant Sciences; Pollutants; Pollution control; Regression analysis; solar radiation; Vattenbehandling; Wastewater; Water Treatment; Phosphorus; Nitrogen; Wastewater; Algae; Pharmaceuticals

The purpose of this study was to investigate whether pharmaceutical pollutants in urban wastewater can be reduced during algal cultivation. A mixed population of wild freshwater green algal species was grown on urban wastewater influent in a 650 L photobioreactor under natural light and with the add...