title: Perspectives on modelling micropollutants in wastewater treatment plants.
abstract: Models for predicting the fate of micropollutants (MPs) in wastewater treatment plants (WWTPs) have been developed to provide engineers and decision-makers with tools that they can use to improve their understanding of, and evaluate how to optimize, the removal of MPs and determine their impact on the receiving waters. This paper provides an overview of such models, and discusses the impact of regulation, engineering practice and research on model development. A review of the current status of MP models reveals that a single model cannot represent the wide range of MPs that are present in wastewaters today, and that it is important to start considering classes of MPs based on their chemical structure or ecotoxicological effect, rather than the individual molecules. This paper identifies potential future research areas that comprise (i) considering transformation products in MP removal analysis, (ii) addressing advancements in WWTP treatment technologies, (iii) making use of common approaches to data acquisition for model calibration and (iv) integrating ecotoxicological effects of MPs in receiving waters.
authors.affiliation: modelEAU, Département de génie civil et de génie des eaux, Université Laval, 1065 avenue de la médecine, G1V 0A6 Québec, Québec, Canada.
authors.forename: Ludiwine
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Clouzot
authors.forename: Jean-Marc
authors.initials: JM
authors.lastname: Choubert
authors.forename: Frédéric
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Cloutier
authors.forename: Rajeev
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Goel
authors.forename: Nancy G
authors.initials: NG
authors.lastname: Love
authors.forename: Henryk
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Melcer
authors.forename: Christoph
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Ort
authors.forename: Dominique
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Patureau
authors.forename: Benedek G
authors.initials: BG
authors.lastname: Plósz
authors.forename: Maxime
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Pomiès
authors.forename: Peter A
authors.initials: PA
authors.lastname: Vanrolleghem
mesh_terms: D000327:Adsorption; D008962:Models, Theoretical; D010782:Photolysis; D014835:Volatilization; D014865:Waste Disposal, Fluid; D014874:Water Pollutants, Chemical / Q000032:analysis* / Q000737:chemistry / Q000528:radiation effects
chemical_list: D014874:Water Pollutants, Chemical