Nathalie Chèvre

TL;DR: In this paper, two large-scale pilot advanced wastewater treatments were tested in parallel over more than one year at the municipal WWTP of Lausanne, Switzerland, and the results showed that the PAC-UF treatment, despite its current higher cost, was the most suitable option, enabling good removal of most micropollutants and macropolutants without forming problematic by-products, the strongest decrease in toxicity and a total disinfection of the effluent.

TL;DR: Predicted no-effect concentrations of the analgesic paracetamol, and the two antibiotics ciprofloxacin and sulfamethoxazole, were exceeded in raw drinking water samples and therefore present a potential risk to the ecosystem.

TL;DR: A method of defining a risk quotient for mixtures of herbicides with a similar mode of action (RQm) is presented, and is proposed as a replacement for the current limit of 0.1 microg/L for herbicides in Switzerland.

TL;DR: The Second Warning to Humanity as mentioned in this paper provides a framework to assess the dangers now threatening the world's large lake ecosystems and to evaluate pathways of sustainable development that are more respectful of their ongoing provision of services.

TL;DR: A strong linear correlation between electrical conductivity and concentrations of wastewater-derived micropollutants was identified, which will allow future estimates of Wastewater- derived micropolutant concentrations via simple conductivity measurements to be estimated.