Occurrence of pharmaceuticals in a municipal wastewater treatment plant: Mass balance and removal processes
Occurrence of pharmaceuticals in a municipal wastewater treatment plant: Mass balance and removal processes
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DOI:
10.1016/j.chemosphere.2012.02.017
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发表时间:
2012-06-01
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8.8
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Xagoraraki, Irene
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作者:
Gao, Pin;Ding, Yunjie;Xagoraraki, Irene
Occurrence and removal efficiencies of fifteen pharmaceuticals were investigated in a conventional municipal wastewater treatment plant in Michigan. Concentrations of these pharmaceuticals were determined in both wastewater and sludge phases by a high-performance liquid chromatograph coupled to a tandem mass spectrometer. Detailed mass balance analysis was conducted during the whole treatment process to evaluate the contributing processes for pharmaceutical removal. Among the pharmaceuticals studied, demeclocycline, sulfamerazine, erythromycin and tylosin were not detected in the wastewater treatment plant influent. Other target pharmaceuticals detected in wastewater were also found in the corresponding sludge phase. The removal efficiencies of chlortetracycline, tetracycline, sulfamerazine, acetaminophen and caffeine were >99%, while doxycycline, oxytetracycline, sulfadiazine and lincomycin exhibited relatively lower removal efficiencies (e.g.,