Occurrence, fate and interrelation of selected antibiotics in sewage treatment plants and their receiving surface water

Wu, Minghong; Que, Chenjing; Xu, Gang; Sun, Yanfeng; Ma, Jing; Xu, Hui; Sun, Rui; Tang, Liang

doi:10.1016/j.ecoenv.2016.06.006

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“…In this case, an important source of antibiotics is treated wastewater. Conventional wastewater treatment methods are often poorly effective for these pollutants [6,7]. Another problem is the negative effect of antibiotics on the work of the biological part of wastewater treatment [8,9].…”

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Adsorption of Chloramphenicol on Commercial and Modified Activated Carbons

Lach

2019

Water

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The aim of the study was to evaluate the possibility of applying commercial activated carbons currently used in water treatment plants and modified carbon at 400 and 800 °C in the atmosphere of air, water vapour and carbon dioxide to remove chloramphenicol. Adsorption kinetics was examined for solutions with pH of 2–10. Adsorption kinetics were determined for the initial concentration of chloramphenicol of 161 mg/dm3 and the adsorption isotherm was determined for the concentrations of 161 to 1615 mg/dm3. Of the analysed activated carbons (F-300, F-100, WG-12, ROW 08 Supra and Picabiol), the highest adsorption capacity was obtained for the use of Picabiol (214 mg/g), characterized by the highest specific surface area and pore volume. The pH value of the solution has little effect on the adsorption of chloramphenicol (the highest adsorption was found for pH = 10, qm = 190 mg/g, whereas the lowest—for pH = 6, qm = 208 mg/g). Modification of activated carbon WG-12 at 800 °C caused an increase in adsorption capacity from 195 mg/g (unmodified carbon) to 343 mg/g. A high correlation coefficient was found between the capacity of activated carbons and the total volume of micropores and mesopores. Among the examined adsorption kinetics equations (pseudo-first order, pseudo-second order, Elovich, intraparticle diffusion), the lowest values of the R2 correlation coefficient were obtained for the pseudo-first order equation. Other models with high correlation coefficient values described the adsorption kinetics. The adsorption results were modelled by means of the Freundlich, Langmuir, Temkin and Dubibin–Radushkevich adsorption isotherms. For all activated carbons and process conditions, the best match to the test results was obtained using the Langmuir model, whereas the lowest was found for the Dubibin–Radushkevich model.

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Adsorption of Chloramphenicol on Commercial and Modified Activated Carbons

Lach

2019

Water

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“…Ofloxacin is a broad-spectrum quinolone/fluoroquinolone antibiotic. Higher concentrations of ofloxacin in Beijing (651-1561 ng L −1 ) [34] and Shanghai (195.9-1976.1 ng L −1 ) [33] in China have been reported. Relatively low concentrations of ofloxacin were reported in the Jiulongjiang River Basin, China (6-53 ng L −1 ) [73].…”

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Spatial distribution and comprehensive evaluation of emerging organic pollutants in effluents from wastewater treatment plants in northern cities of China

Liu¹,

Ji²,

Wang³

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DWT

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This study investigated the occurrence of 42 pharmaceuticals and personal care products (PPCPs), 4 steroid estrogens and 15 phthalates in the effluents of 12 wastewater treatment plants (WWTPs) in 11 northern cities of China. Of the 61 emerging organic pollutants (EOPs), 49 EOPs were detected, and the detection frequencies of 18 compounds were over 90%. PPCPs were the predominant species and contributed to approximately half of the total EOP concentrations in the most of the investigated WWTPs. The four EOPs with the highest mean concentrations of the 49 were metoprolol (798.0 ng L −1), carbamazepine (597.5 ng L −1), sulpiride (543.5 ng L −1) and dimethyl phthalate (502.6 ng L −1). The levels of some detected EOPs showed positive correlations with the total nitrogen level. In the ecological risk evaluation, roxithromycin, diclofenac acid, sulfamethoxazole, ofloxacin, clindamycin, sulpiride, ibuprofen, 17α-ethynylestradiol, and dimethyl phthalate exhibited high or medium risks in the effluents. Four representative compounds, diclofenac acid, roxithromycin, sulfamethoxazole, and dimethyl phthalate, could be selected as indicators for predicting overall EOP levels.

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“…Several studies have already confirmed the environmental contamination, in many countries, by antibiotics, one example being the tetracycline contamination in Brazil, Canada, and China, (PINHEIRO et al, 2013;PULICHARLA et al, 2017;WEI et al, 2016). Other cases are: contamination by sulfonamine in Bolivia, the Czech Republic, and the United States of America (ARCHUNDIA et al, 2017;HO et al, 2013;KOBA et al, 2016); contamination by macrolide in South Korea, United Kingdom, and Hong Kong (KIM et al, 2015;PETRIE et al, 2016;WU et al, 2016); by fluoroquinolones in Poland, Austria, and Thailand (GBYLIK-SIKORSKA et al, 2015;MARTÍNEZ-CARBALLO et al, 2007;RICO et al, 2014); and by quinolones in China and Malaysia (HO et al, 2013;.…”

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Compostagem de efluente suíno no tratamento de resíduos de fármacos veterinários

Bohrer

Carissimi

López

et al. 2019

SCA

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The increasing need for animal protein has exerted pressures on the current animal production system. One of the alternatives found by producers to improve animal performance has been the use of veterinary drugs, especially antibiotics. However, its indiscriminate use can be a risk to the environmental balance of the producing locations since Brazil has approximately 42 million pigs. With this herd, pig farming represents a great potential for generating environmental impacts. As an alternative use of the large volume of liquid pig manure generated, many producers have been using this slurry in the soil as a bio fertilizer. Residues of veterinary drugs are capable of accumulation with environmental matrices and leach into water resources. In this sense, it is mandatory to dedicate more efforts on the study of techniques and processes for the treatment of organic effluents contaminated by veterinary drugs. Low-cost and environmentally friendly alternative treatment systems are necessary, in order to minimize the entry of these contaminants into the environment. Therefore, the composting process, defined as aerobic microbial decomposition process of organic matter, can be an alternative for treating the effluents contaminated by veterinary drugs. This review to aims to create awareness in the academic community regarding the veterinary drug residues and their contamination potential in different environmental matrices, as well as evaluating the composting process as a technique to minimize the impacts of the swine activity waste on the environment.

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Occurrence, fate and interrelation of selected antibiotics in sewage treatment plants and their receiving surface water

Cited by 103 publications

References 55 publications

Adsorption of Chloramphenicol on Commercial and Modified Activated Carbons

Adsorption of Chloramphenicol on Commercial and Modified Activated Carbons

Spatial distribution and comprehensive evaluation of emerging organic pollutants in effluents from wastewater treatment plants in northern cities of China

Compostagem de efluente suíno no tratamento de resíduos de fármacos veterinários

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