Occurrence of pharmaceuticals and personal care products in domestic wastewater, available treatment technologies, and potential treatment using constructed wetland: A review

Falahi, Osama Abrahiem Al; Abdullah, Siti Rozaimah Sheikh; Hasan, Hassimi Abu; Othman, Ahmad Razi; Ewadh, Hind Mufeed; Kurniawan, Setyo Budi; Imron, Muhammad Fauzul

doi:10.1016/j.psep.2022.10.082

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“…These contaminants encompass personal care products, pharmaceutically active compounds (PhACs), surfactants, flame retardants, and antibiotic-resistant genes, as well as other non-regulated substances [ 3 , 4 ]. They have been introduced into the environment through the disposal of wastewater [ 5 , 6 ] since conventional treatment processes commonly used in wastewater treatment plants (WWTPs) are not effective in removing these contaminants [ 7 , 8 ].…”

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Ultrafiltration and Nanofiltration for the Removal of Pharmaceutically Active Compounds from Water: The Effect of Operating Pressure on Electrostatic Solute—Membrane Interactions

Giacobbo,

Pasqualotto,

Machado Filho

et al. 2023

Membranes

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The present work investigates nanofiltration (NF) and ultrafiltration (UF) for the removal of three widely used pharmaceutically active compounds (PhACs), namely atenolol, sulfamethoxazole, and rosuvastatin. Four membranes, two polyamide NF membranes (NF90 and NF270) and two polyethersulfone UF membranes (XT and ST), were evaluated in terms of productivity (permeate flux) and selectivity (rejection of PhACs) at pressures from 2 to 8 bar. Although the UF membranes have a much higher molecular weight cut-off (1000 and 10,000 Da), when compared to the molecular weight of the PhACs (253–482 Da), moderate rejections were observed. For UF, rejections were dependent on the molecular weight and charge of the PhACs, membrane molecular weight cut-off (MWCO), and operating pressure, demonstrating that electrostatic interactions play an important role in the removal of PhACs, especially at low operating pressures. On the other hand, both NF membranes displayed high rejections for all PhACs studied (75–98%). Hence, considering the optimal operating conditions, the NF270 membrane (MWCO = 400 Da) presented the best performance, achieving permeate fluxes of about 100 kg h−1 m−2 and rejections above 80% at a pressure of 8 bar, that is, a productivity of about twice that of the NF90 membrane (MWCO = 200 Da). Therefore, NF270 was the most suitable membrane for this application, although the tight UF membranes under low operating pressures displayed satisfactory results.

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Ultrafiltration and Nanofiltration for the Removal of Pharmaceutically Active Compounds from Water: The Effect of Operating Pressure on Electrostatic Solute—Membrane Interactions

Giacobbo,

Pasqualotto,

Machado Filho

et al. 2023

Membranes

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“…Therefore, it is necessary to also study the possibilities of an additional treatment stage in WWTPs. This issue has been addressed in studies [13,[42][43][44], where effective methods for treating NSAIDs have been confirmed, such as adsorption processes, membrane separations, advanced oxidation processes, or biodegradation/biotransformation. The adsorption technique is highly versatile, flexible, simple, fast, easily operable, and does not result in sludge formation, unlike membrane separation [45].…”

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Issues of Non-Steroidal Anti-Inflammatory Drugs in Aquatic Environments: A Review Study

Placova,

Halfar,

Brozova

et al. 2023

The 4th International Conference on Advances in Environmental Engineering

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“…With their extensive roots system, these plants become the best option for degrading contaminants in a phytoremediation system. On the basis of their growth form, aquatic plants can be classified into free-floating, submerged, and emergent plants (Al Falahi et al, 2022).…”

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“…Constructed wetland (CW) is divided into two basic principles, free water surface flow constructed wetland (FWSCW) and sub-surface flow constructed wetland (SSFCW). Subsurface flow is divided into vertical flow (VF) CW, horizontal flow (HF) CW, free vertical flow (FVF) CW and hybrid type CW (AL Falahi et al, 2022;Parde et al, 2020). Constructed wetland can remove high number of organic pollutants, especially nutrients, such as nitrogen and phosphorus.…”

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Recent Progress of Phytoremediation-Based Technologies for Industrial Wastewater Treatment

Yuliasni¹,

Kurniawan²,

Marlena³

et al. 2023

J. Ecol. Eng.

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Phytoremediation is considered of a cost effective and environmentally friendly technology and has been used successfully for the remediation of soils and water contaminated with various pollutants. Specifically for full scale application to treat industrial wastewater, phytoremediation is used as sole technology for different types of wetlands. However, phytoremediation of polluted water in wetland type reactor has been mostly studied as black box. The method to measure the performance is only based on pollutant removal efficiency and there is very limited information available about of the pollutant removal mechanisms and process dynamics in these systems. Thus, the aim of this chapter was to briefly review basic processes of phytoremediation, its mechanisms and parameters, and its interaction between rhizo-remediation and microbe-plant. In addition, this chapter also elaborated phytoremediation challenges and strategies for full-scale application, its techniques to remove both organic and inorganic contaminants by aquatic plants in water, and some examples of applications in industries.

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Occurrence of pharmaceuticals and personal care products in domestic wastewater, available treatment technologies, and potential treatment using constructed wetland: A review

Cited by 48 publications

References 263 publications

Ultrafiltration and Nanofiltration for the Removal of Pharmaceutically Active Compounds from Water: The Effect of Operating Pressure on Electrostatic Solute—Membrane Interactions

Ultrafiltration and Nanofiltration for the Removal of Pharmaceutically Active Compounds from Water: The Effect of Operating Pressure on Electrostatic Solute—Membrane Interactions

Issues of Non-Steroidal Anti-Inflammatory Drugs in Aquatic Environments: A Review Study

Recent Progress of Phytoremediation-Based Technologies for Industrial Wastewater Treatment

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