Fate of pharmaceuticals and personal care products in wastewater treatment plants--conception of a database and first results.
We created a database in order to quantitatively assess the occurrence and removal efficiency of pharmaceuticals and personal care products (PPCPs) in wastewater treatment plants (WWTPs). From 117 scientific publications, we compiled 6641 data covering 184 PPCPs. Data included the concentrations of PPCPs in WWTP influents and effluents, their removal efficiency and their loads to the aquatic environment. The first outputs of our database allowed to identify the most investigated PPCPs in WWTPs and the most persistent ones, and to obtain reliable and quantitative values on their concentrations, frequency of detection and removal efficiency in WWTPs. We were also able to compare various processes and pointed out activated sludge with nitrogen treatment and membrane bioreactor as the most efficient ones.
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Cemagref, UR QELY, 3 bis quai Chauveau, CP 220, F-69336 Lyon, France. cecile.miege@cemagref.fr
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D019149:Bioreactors; D003358:Cosmetics / Q000032:analysis*; D003628:Database Management Systems; D016208:Databases, Factual; D004784:Environmental Monitoring / Q000379:methods; D009584:Nitrogen / Q000494:pharmacology; D004364:Pharmaceutical Preparations / Q000032:analysis*; D012722:Sewage; D013997:Time Factors; D014865:Waste Disposal, Fluid; D014874:Water Pollutants, Chemical / Q000032:analysis*; D018508:Water Purification / Q000379:methods
D003358:Cosmetics; D004364:Pharmaceutical Preparations; D012722:Sewage; D014874:Water Pollutants, Chemical; D009584:Nitrogen