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Removal of Pharmaceutical and Personal Care Products (PPCPs) from Municipal Waste Water with Integrated Membrane Systems, MBR-RO/NF

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  • Yonggang Wang

    (School of Environmental Science and Engineering, Tianjin University, No. 92, Weijin Road, Nankai District, Tianjin 300072, China
    Beijing Municipal Research Academy of Environmental Protection, No. 59, Beiyingfang Middle Street, Xicheng District, Beijing 100037, China
    National Engineering Research Center for Urban Environmental Pollution Control, No. 59, Beiyingfang Middle Street, Xicheng District, Beijing 100037, China)

  • Xu Wang

    (Beijing Municipal Research Academy of Environmental Protection, No. 59, Beiyingfang Middle Street, Xicheng District, Beijing 100037, China
    National Engineering Research Center for Urban Environmental Pollution Control, No. 59, Beiyingfang Middle Street, Xicheng District, Beijing 100037, China)

  • Mingwei Li

    (Beijing Municipal Research Academy of Environmental Protection, No. 59, Beiyingfang Middle Street, Xicheng District, Beijing 100037, China
    National Engineering Research Center for Urban Environmental Pollution Control, No. 59, Beiyingfang Middle Street, Xicheng District, Beijing 100037, China)

  • Jing Dong

    (Beijing Municipal Research Academy of Environmental Protection, No. 59, Beiyingfang Middle Street, Xicheng District, Beijing 100037, China
    National Engineering Research Center for Urban Environmental Pollution Control, No. 59, Beiyingfang Middle Street, Xicheng District, Beijing 100037, China)

  • Changhong Sun

    (Beijing Municipal Research Academy of Environmental Protection, No. 59, Beiyingfang Middle Street, Xicheng District, Beijing 100037, China
    National Engineering Research Center for Urban Environmental Pollution Control, No. 59, Beiyingfang Middle Street, Xicheng District, Beijing 100037, China)

  • Guanyi Chen

    (School of Environmental Science and Engineering, Tianjin University, No. 92, Weijin Road, Nankai District, Tianjin 300072, China)

Abstract

This study focuses on the application of combining membrane bioreactor (MBR) treatment with reverse osmosis (RO) or nanofiltration (NF) membrane treatment for removal of pharmaceuticals and personal care products (PPCPs) in municipal wastewater. Twenty-seven PPCPs were measured in real influent with lowest average concentration being trimethoprim (7.12 ng/L) and the highest being caffeine (18.4 ng/L). The results suggest that the MBR system effectively removes the PPCPs with an efficiency of between 41.08% and 95.41%, and that the integrated membrane systems, MBR-RO/NF, can achieve even higher removal rates of above 95% for most of them. The results also suggest that, due to the differences in removal mechanisms of NF/RO membrane, differences of removal rates exist. In this study, the combination of MBR-NF resulted in the removal of 13 compounds to below detection limits and MBR-RO achieved even better results with removal of 20 compounds to below detection limits.

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  • Yonggang Wang & Xu Wang & Mingwei Li & Jing Dong & Changhong Sun & Guanyi Chen, 2018. "Removal of Pharmaceutical and Personal Care Products (PPCPs) from Municipal Waste Water with Integrated Membrane Systems, MBR-RO/NF," IJERPH, MDPI, vol. 15(2), pages 1-12, February.
    • Handle: RePEc:gam:jijerp:v:15:y:2018:i:2:p:269-:d:130227
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    1. Asunción María Hidalgo & Gerardo León & María Dolores Murcia & María Gómez & Elisa Gómez & José Luis Gómez, 2021. "Using Pressure-Driven Membrane Processes to Remove Emerging Pollutants from Aqueous Solutions," IJERPH, MDPI, vol. 18(8), pages 1-14, April.
    2. Henry Rodríguez-Serin & Auria Gamez-Jara & Magaly De La Cruz-Noriega & Segundo Rojas-Flores & Magda Rodriguez-Yupanqui & Moises Gallozzo Cardenas & José Cruz-Monzon, 2022. "Literature Review: Evaluation of Drug Removal Techniques in Municipal and Hospital Wastewater," IJERPH, MDPI, vol. 19(20), pages 1-24, October.
    3. Mohanad Kamaz & S. Ranil Wickramasinghe & Satchithanandam Eswaranandam & Wen Zhang & Steven M. Jones & Michael J. Watts & Xianghong Qian, 2019. "Investigation into Micropollutant Removal from Wastewaters by a Membrane Bioreactor," IJERPH, MDPI, vol. 16(8), pages 1-15, April.

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