“…Therefore, the development of new efficient approaches is required to decrease the TC antibiotic discharge into the environment. In general, advanced oxidation processes (AOPs) are the most efficient technology for degradation of various refractory pollutants in aqueous solutions and, during the last few decades, have been widely applied for removal of many organic pollutants such as ozonation (Khan et al 2010), Fenton (Zgajnar Gotvajn et al 2013), photo-Fenton (Liu et al 2012), ultrasound waves (Mahvi 2009;Mahvi et al 2009), sonochemical (Ifelebuegu et al 2014), photosonochemical processes (Mahvi and Maleki 2010;Hoseini et al 2013b), ultraviolet irradiation (Dobaradaran et al 2010), and sulfate radical-based oxidation (Tay et al 2013;Lin et al 2014;Deng et al 2014). In recent years, AOPs have been demonstrated to be an effective technology for the removal of pharmaceuticals, including TC antibiotics (Maroga et al 2012).…”