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Factors affecting the removal of organic micropollutants from wastewater in conventional treatment plants (CTP) and membrane bioreactors (MBR)

Cirja, Magdalena ; Ivashechkin, Pavel ; Schäffer, Andreas ; Corvini, Philippe

In: Reviews in Environmental Science and Bio/Technology, 2008, vol. 7, no. 1, p. 61-78

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    Titre
    • Factors affecting the removal of organic micropollutants from wastewater in conventional treatment plants (CTP) and membrane bioreactors (MBR)
    Auteur
    • Cirja, Magdalena. Institute of Environmental Research - Environmental Biology and Chemodynamics (BioV), RWTH Aachen University, Worringerweg 1, 52074, Aachen, Germany
    • Ivashechkin, Pavel. Institute of Environmental Engineering (ISA), RWTH Aachen University, Mies-van-der-Rohe-Str. 1, 52074, Aachen, Germany
    • Schäffer, Andreas. Institute of Environmental Research - Environmental Biology and Chemodynamics (BioV), RWTH Aachen University, Worringerweg 1, 52074, Aachen, Germany
    • Corvini, Philippe. Institute for Ecopreneurship, School of Life Sciences, University of Applied Sciences Northwestern Switzerland (FHNW), 40 Gründenstrasse, 4132, Muttenz, Switzerland
    Type de document
    • Postprint
    Langue
    • Inglese
    Publié dans
    • Reviews in Environmental Science and Bio/Technology, 2008, vol. 7, no. 1, p. 61-78. Springer Netherlands
    Autre version électronique
    Identifiant OAI-PMH
    • oai:doc.rero.ch:316248
    Summary
    As a consequence of insufficient removal during treatment of wastewater released from industry and households, different classes of organic micropollutants are nowadays detected in surface and drinking water. Among these micropollutants, bioactive substances, e.g., endocrine disrupting compounds and pharmaceuticals, have been incriminated in negative effects on living organisms in aquatic biotope. Much research was done in the last years on the fate and removal of those compounds from wastewater. An important point it is to understand the role of applied treatment conditions (sludge retention time (SRT), biomass concentration, temperature, pH value, dominant class of micropollutants, etc.) for the efficiency of conventional treatment plants (CTP) and membrane bioreactors (MBR) concerning the removal of micropollutants such as pharmaceuticals, steroid- and xeno-estrogens. Nevertheless, the removal rates differ even from one compound to the other and are related to the physico-chemical characteristics of the xenobiotics