Removal and fate of endocrine disrupting chemicals in membrane bioreactors

生物反应器和膜过滤装置的综合利用在废水处理和环境回收方面具有巨大的潜力，因为它们能够在处理高有机浓度废水的同时产生高质量的水。然而，MBR的一些非常有前景的应用领域在很大程度上仍未得到探索，需要进一步调查。这些措施包括处理畜牧业和食品加工业的废水，以及去除内分泌干扰物(EDCs)、个人护理产品和农药。未来，针对这些化学品的更严格的排放标准将推动实施能够将其浓度降低到受监管水平的技术。需要为这些应用开发和评估可集成到各种处理序列和新工艺流中的新的废水处理技术。

The integrated utilization of biological reactors and membrane filtration devices (MBRs) holds great potential for wastewater treatment and environmental reclamation, as they are able to produce high quality water while treating high organic strength wastewater. A number of very promising areas of application of MBRs, however, remain largely unexplored and require further investigation. These include treatment of wastewater from livestock operations and food processing industries, and removal of endocrine disrupting chemicals (EDCs), personal care products, and pesticides. Future, stricter discharge standards for these groups of chemicals will drive the implementation of technologies that are able to reduce their concentrations to regulated levels. New wastewater treatment technologies, which can be integrated into various treatment sequences and novel process streams, will need to be developed and evaluated for these applications.