https://opus.lib.uts.edu.au/bitstream/10453/33344/4/A%20review%20on%20the%20occurrence%20of%20micropollutants%20in%20the%20aquatic%20environment%20and%20their%20fate%20and%20removal%20during%20wastewater%20treatment.pdf

A review on the occurrence of micropollutants in the aquatic environment and their fate and removal during wastewater treatment

Ecotoxicology of human pharmaceuticals.

Principles and potential of the anaerobic digestion of waste-activated sludge

The antibacterial action of silver is utilized in numerous consumer products and medical devices. Metallic silver, silver salts, and also silver nanoparticles are used for this purpose. The state of research on the effect of silver on bacteria, cells, and higher organisms is summarized. It can be concluded that the therapeutic window for silver is narrower than often assumed. However, the risks for humans and the environment are probably limited.

Silver as Antibacterial Agent: Ion, Nanoparticle, and Metal

Occurrence of pharmaceutical compounds in urban wastewater: Removal, mass load and environmental risk after a secondary treatment—A review

Biological degradation of pharmaceuticals in municipal wastewater treatment: proposing a classification scheme.

http://pubs.acs.org/doi/pdf/10.1021/es040639t

Scrutinizing pharmaceuticals and personal care products in wastewater treatment.

Removal of pharmaceuticals and fragrances in biological wastewater treatment.

The removal efficiency for 220 micropollutants was studied at the scale of a municipal wastewater treatment plant (WWTP) upgraded with post-ozonation followed by sand filtration. During post-ozonation, compounds with activated aromatic moieties, amine functions, or double bonds such as sulfamethoxazole, diclofenac, or carbamazepine with second-order rate constants for the reaction with ozone >104 M−1 s−1 at pH 7 (fast-reacting) were eliminated to concentrations below the detection limit for an ozone dose of 0.47 g O3 g−1 dissolved organic carbon (DOC). Compounds more resistant to oxidation by ozone such as atenolol and benzotriazole were increasingly eliminated with increasing ozone doses, resulting in >85% removal for a medium ozone dose (∼0.6 g O3 g−1 DOC). Only a few micropollutants such as some X-ray contrast media and triazine herbicides with second-order rate constants <102 M−1 s−1 (slowly reacting) persisted to a large extent. With a medium ozone dose, only 11 micropollutants of 55 detected in the ...

Elimination of organic micropollutants in a municipal wastewater treatment plant upgraded with a full-scale post-ozonation followed by sand filtration.

Hansruedi Siegrist

Papers

Biological degradation of pharmaceuticals in municipal wastewater treatment: proposing a classification scheme.

Scrutinizing pharmaceuticals and personal care products in wastewater treatment.

Removal of pharmaceuticals and fragrances in biological wastewater treatment.

Elimination of organic micropollutants in a municipal wastewater treatment plant upgraded with a full-scale post-ozonation followed by sand filtration.

Fate of sulfonamides, macrolides, and trimethoprim in different wastewater treatment technologies