Occurrence and fate of emerging contaminants in municipal wastewater treatment plants from different geographical regions-a review

NH Tran, M Reinhard, KYH Gin - Water research, 2018 - Elsevier
Emerging contaminants, such as antibiotics, pharmaceuticals, personal care products,
hormones, and artificial sweeteners, are recognized as new classes of water contaminants …

[HTML][HTML] A review on emerging water contaminants and the application of sustainable removal technologies

R Kumar, M Qureshi, DK Vishwakarma… - Case Studies in …, 2022 - Elsevier
Emerging contaminants (ECs) are synthetic or naturally occurring chemicals or any
microorganisms that are not commonly monitored in the environment but have the potential …

Insights into the fate and removal of antibiotics in engineered biological treatment systems: a critical review

AS Oberoi, Y Jia, H Zhang, SK Khanal… - Environmental science & …, 2019 - ACS Publications
Antibiotics, the most frequently prescribed drugs of modern medicine, are extensively used
for both human and veterinary applications. Antibiotics from different wastewater sources …

[HTML][HTML] Abundance, fate, and effects of pharmaceuticals and personal care products in aquatic environments

AS Adeleye, J Xue, Y Zhao, AA Taylor… - Journal of Hazardous …, 2022 - Elsevier
Pharmaceuticals and personal care products (PPCPs) are found in wastewater, and thus,
the environment. In this study, current knowledge about the occurrence and fate of PPCPs in …

Review of characteristics, generation pathways and detection methods of singlet oxygen generated in advanced oxidation processes (AOPs)

ZH **e, CS He, DN Pei, Y Dong, SR Yang… - Chemical Engineering …, 2023 - Elsevier
Advanced oxidation processes (AOPs) have been widely used in contaminants
decomposition to reduce their harm. Especially, the singlet oxygen (1 O 2)-mediated AOPs …

Peracetic acid activation via the synergic effect of Co and Fe in CoFe-LDH for efficient degradation of pharmaceuticals in hospital wastewater

ZH **e, CS He, YL He, SR Yang, SY Yu, Z **ong, Y Du… - Water Research, 2023 - Elsevier
As an oxidant, peracetic acid (PAA) is gradually applied in advanced oxidation processes
(AOPs) for pollutants degradation due to its high oxidation and low toxicity. In this study, the …

Emerging contaminants in wastewater: A critical review on occurrence, existing legislations, risk assessment, and sustainable treatment alternatives

VK Parida, D Saidulu, A Majumder, A Srivastava… - Journal of …, 2021 - Elsevier
Emerging contaminants (ECs) have been a threat to the aqueous environment because of
their persistent nature and ability to adversely affect the living organisms exposed to them for …

From the conventional biological wastewater treatment to hybrid processes, the evaluation of organic micropollutant removal: a review

C Grandclément, I Seyssiecq, A Piram… - Water research, 2017 - Elsevier
Because of the recalcitrance of some micropollutants to conventional wastewater treatment
systems, the occurrence of organic micropollutants in water has become a worldwide issue …

A review on hospital wastewater treatment: A special emphasis on occurrence and removal of pharmaceutically active compounds, resistant microorganisms, and …

A Majumder, AK Gupta, PS Ghosal, M Varma - Journal of environmental …, 2021 - Elsevier
The hospital wastewater imposes a potent threat to the security of human health concerning
its high vulnerability towards the outbreak of several diseases. Furthermore, the outbreak of …

Performance of secondary wastewater treatment methods for the removal of contaminants of emerging concern implicated in crop uptake and antibiotic resistance …

P Krzeminski, MC Tomei, P Karaolia… - Science of the Total …, 2019 - Elsevier
Contaminants of emerging concern (CEC) discharged in effluents of wastewater treatment
plants (WWTPs), not specifically designed for their removal, pose serious hazards to human …