Removal of biologically active micropollutants from wastewater using advanced water treatment technologies

饮用水和废水处理技术传统上侧重于控制营养和病原体。然而，人们对开发专门去除水中污染物的技术越来越感兴趣；特别是在世界上缺水的地区，家庭和工业废水的回收用于其他用途。该项目的重点是确定在过氧化氢存在下用紫外线氧化的水处理技术是否能有效地去除家庭和工业来源的药物和内分泌干扰物质等优先污染物。我们还将确定在这些氧化处理过程中会形成哪些副产物。此外，我们将评估氧化处理对水中生物活性（如雌激素）的去除效果。这项工作将有助于了解水中污染物通过光氧化降解的速率和机制。该项目将作为特伦特大学水质中心和安大略省伦敦特洛伊技术公司的合作项目进行。这项研究的结果将提高加拿大公司的能力，例如Trojan Technologies开发和销售可用于处理饮用水和废水的技术。

Technologies for the treatment of drinking water and wastewater have traditionally focused on controlling nutrients and pathogens. However, there is increasing interest in developing technologies that specifically remove contaminants from water; especially in areas of the world where water is scarce and there is recycling of domestic and industrial wastewater for other applications. The focus of this project is to determine whether water treatment technologies that involve oxidation with ultraviolet (UV) light in the presence of hydrogen peroxide are effective in removing priority contaminants such as pharmaceuticals and endocrine disrupting substances of domestic and industrial origin. We will also determine what byproducts are formed during these oxidative treatment processes. In addition, we will evaluate the removal of biological activity (e.g. estrogenicity)from water as a result of oxidative treatment. This work will contribute to an understanding of the rates and mechanisms by which contaminants in water are degraded through photo-oxidation. The project will be conducted as a collaborative venture between the Water Quality Centre at Trent University and Trojan Technologies Inc. of London, Ontario. The results of this research will enhance the capacity of Canadian companies, such as Trojan Technologies to develop and market technologies that have applications for the treatment of drinking water and wastewater.