Analysis of some pharmaceuticals in municipal wastewater of Almadinah Almunawarah

Shraim, Amjad; Diab, Atef M.; AlSuhaimi, Awadh O.; Niazy, Esmail; Metwally, Mohammed El‐Sayed; Amad, Ma’an; Sioud, Salim; Dawoud, Abdulilah A.

doi:10.1016/j.arabjc.2012.11.014

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“…Their presence in water, even at low concentrations, has raised concerns regarding its risks to human health from consuming these pharmaceuticals in drinking water [1], [2]. Therefore, it is essential to remove these pharmaceuticals from the wastewater before consumption.…”

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Potential of Hibiscus Sabdariffa and Jatropha Curcas as Natural Coagulants in the Treatment of Pharmaceutical Wastewater

Sibartie

Ismail

2018

MATEC Web Conf.

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Abstract. Pharmaceutical wastewater is one of the most difficult wastewater to treat due to the presence of pharmaceutical compounds resulting in high concentration of organic matter, high turbidity and Chemical Oxygen Demand (COD). Chemical-based coagulation is a common method used to treat wastewater. However, the issue that has been raised with the use of chemical coagulants is their presence in water after treatment that can cause risks to the human health such as Alzheimer and cancer. Natural coagulants can be used as a safe alternative to these chemicals instead. Therefore, the objective of this experiment was to study the effect of H. Sabdariffa and J. Curcas as natural coagulants, separately and as a combination, on the treatment of pharmaceutical wastewater. Jar test experiment were carried out where beakers of 0.5L wastewater were mixed with the coagulants. The pH of the wastewater was varied from 2 to 12 while the coagulant dosage was varied from 40 to 200 mg/L. It was found that H. Sabdariffa works best at pH 4 and at a coagulant dosage of 190 mg/L with a highest turbidity removal of 35.8% and a decrease of COD by 29%. J. Curcas was found to perform best at pH 3 and with a coagulant dosage of 200 mg/L with a highest turbidity removal of 51% and a decrease of COD by 32%. When J. Curcas and H. Sabdariffa were used in combination, the optimum composition was found to be 80% J. Curcas and 20% H. Sabdariffa by weight with a maximum turbidity removal of 46.8% and a decrease in COD by 46%. In comparison between the two natural coagulants, J. Curcas is found to be a better and more suited coagulative agent for the treatment of pharmaceutical wastewater. The same experiment was carried with alum at pH 6 and coagulant dosage of 750 mg/L and a turbidity removal of 48% and a decrease in COD by 38% were recorded. In comparison with alum, J. Curcas was a better coagulant in treating the pharmaceutical wastewater. This shows that natural coagulants can be used to replace chemical coagulants in the treatment of pharmaceutical wastewater.

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Potential of Hibiscus Sabdariffa and Jatropha Curcas as Natural Coagulants in the Treatment of Pharmaceutical Wastewater

Sibartie

Ismail

2018

MATEC Web Conf.

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“…In recent years, diverse EPs have been detected in wastewater treatment effluents, surface and ground waters, precipitation, and even drinking waters, posing potentially new and serious challenges and growing environmental-health concerns worldwide . And numerous studies (Shraim et al 2017, Balakrishna et al 2017 have been performed to investigate the occurrence, fate, and ecotoxicology of many EPs in aquatic environments, soils, sediments, wastewaters as well as in human bodies and other living organisms. On the other hand, featured analytical methodologies have been developed recently for identifying EPs in environment and living organisms.…”

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Emerging Pollutants–Part I: Occurrence, Fate and Transport

Zhao

Lin

Zhang

2018

Water Environment Research

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The presence of emerging pollutants (EPs) in water poses a potentially new and serious challenge on human health. Here, we reviewed the relevant literatures published in 2017, summarized the occurrence, environmental fate, transport and impacts of EPs in the environment, and analyzed the environmental toxicity of personal care products (PPCPs), endocrine disrupting chemicals (EDCs), antibiotics and antibiotic resistance genes (ARGs), nanoparticles (NPs) and nanomaterials (NMs). This - review mainly focused on the occurrence surveys on surface water and the associations between exposure to EPs and toxicity of testing organisms. The control strategies and regulation for EPs based on the screening and monitoring methods were also discussed. Future efforts should be made to establish a comprehensive framework to study the adverse effects of EPs on organisms and new policies and legislations should be developed to control the release of hazardous EPs to the environment.

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“…Ranitidine hydrochloride, a non-imidazole compound acts as selective hydrogen receptor blockers in therapeutic doses. It is used widely to reduce hydrochloric acid secretion from stomach disorders such as peptic ulcer and Zollinger-Ellison syndrome (Shrain et al, in press;Bezerra et al, 2014;Sokol et al, 2011;Basavaiah and Nagegowda, 2004;Addamo et al, 2005;Rivas et al, 2010 Ranitidine has been found widely in effluents of water treatment plants and is obtained in aquatic environment. It undergoes incomplete biodegradation (about 71% in 28 days) (Bezerra et al, 2014) and accumulates on surface of water bodies.…”

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“…Review of literature till date has shown that cost effective natural polymeric sorbents have been widely used for adsorption (Bezerra et al, 2014). However, we have not come across use of graphene oxide as adsorbent in removal of pharmaceuticals from industrial effluents.…”

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Graphene oxide for the treatment of ranitidine containing solution: Optimum sorption kinetics by linear and non linear methods and simulation using artificial neural network

Das

2016

Process Safety and Environmental Protection

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Analysis of some pharmaceuticals in municipal wastewater of Almadinah Almunawarah

Cited by 117 publications

References 32 publications

Potential of Hibiscus Sabdariffa and Jatropha Curcas as Natural Coagulants in the Treatment of Pharmaceutical Wastewater

Potential of Hibiscus Sabdariffa and Jatropha Curcas as Natural Coagulants in the Treatment of Pharmaceutical Wastewater

Emerging Pollutants–Part I: Occurrence, Fate and Transport

Graphene oxide for the treatment of ranitidine containing solution: Optimum sorption kinetics by linear and non linear methods and simulation using artificial neural network

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