“…This compound would pass conventional wastewater treatment plant since sorption onto sludge or sediments is not expected because it is very polar, is highly water soluble (0.97 mol L −1 , 770 g L −1 ), and has low lipophilicity (log K OW = −2.33) (Löffler et al 2005;Steger-Hartmann et al 1999). Some treatment systems, such as advanced oxidation (Azerrad et al 2014), aerobic (Kalsch 1999;Xu et al 2014), stable nitrifying enrichment cultures (Dawas-Massalha et al 2014), fungus (Gros et al 2014), electrochemical (Lütke Eversloh et al 2014, and reductive treatment with catalysts (Knitt et al 2008), have been examined to determine their potential application. Among these strategies, just the electrochemical treatment of reverse osmosis concentrates reported up to 96 % of mineralization after about 7.5 h (Lütke Eversloh et al 2014).…”