title: Modelling micro-pollutant fate in wastewater collection and treatment systems: status and challenges.
abstract: This paper provides a comprehensive summary on modelling of micro-pollutants' (MPs) fate and transport in wastewater. It indicates the motivations of MP modelling and summarises and illustrates the current status. Finally, some recommendations are provided to improve and diffuse the use of such models. In brief, we conclude that, in order to predict the contaminant removal in centralised treatment works, considering the dramatic improvement in monitoring and detecting MPs in wastewater, more mechanistic approaches should be used to complement conventional, heuristic and other fate models. This is crucial, as regional risk assessments and model-based evaluations of pollution discharge from urban areas can potentially be used by decision makers to evaluate effluent quality regulation, and assess upgrading requirements, in the future.
authors.affiliation: DTU Environment, Department of Environmental Engineering, Technical University of Denmark, Bygningstorvet, DK-2800, Kgs. Lyngby, Denmark.
authors.forename: B G
authors.initials: BG
authors.lastname: Plósz
authors.forename: L
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Benedetti
authors.forename: G T
authors.initials: GT
authors.lastname: Daigger
authors.forename: K H
authors.initials: KH
authors.lastname: Langford
authors.forename: H F
authors.initials: HF
authors.lastname: Larsen
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Monteith
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Ort
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Seth
authors.forename: J-P
authors.initials: JP
authors.lastname: Steyer
authors.forename: P A
authors.initials: PA
authors.lastname: Vanrolleghem
mesh_terms: D000693:Anaerobiosis; D019149:Bioreactors; D002947:Cities; D004784:Environmental Monitoring; D005062:European Union; D008962:Models, Theoretical; D009656:North America; D018570:Risk Assessment; D014865:Waste Disposal, Fluid / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence / Q000379:methods*; D014874:Water Pollutants, Chemical / Q000737:chemistry*; D015262:Xenobiotics / Q000737:chemistry
chemical_list: D014874:Water Pollutants, Chemical; D015262:Xenobiotics