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Occurrence and removal of antibiotics in ecological and conventional wastewater treatment processes: A field study

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Dong, Huiyu, Yuan, Xiangjuan, Wang, Weidong, Qiang, Zhimin·2016·Journal of Environmental Management
DOI 10.1016/j.jenvman.2016.04.037
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The occurrence and removal of 19 antibiotics (including four macrolides, eight sulfonamides, three fluoroquinolones, three tetracyclines, and trimethoprim) were investigated in two ecological (constructed wetland (CW) and stabilization pond (SP)) and two conventional wastewater treatment processes (activated sludge (AS) and micro-power biofilm (MP)) in a county of eastern China. All target antibiotics were detected in the influent and effluent samples with detection frequencies of >90%. Clarithromycin, ofloxacin, roxithromycin and erythromycin-H2O were the dominant antibiotics with maximum concentrations reaching up to 6524, 5411, 964 and 957 ng/L, respectively; while the concentrations of tiamulin, sulfamerazine, sulfathiazole, sulfamethazine, sulfamethizole and sulfisoxazole were below 10 ng/L. Although the mean effluent concentrations of target antibiotics were obviously lower than the influent ones (except ciprofloxacin), their removals were usually incomplete. Principal component analysis showed that the AS and CW outperformed the MP and SP processes and the AS performed better than the CW process in terms of antibiotics removal. Both the AS and CW processes exhibited higher removal efficiencies in summer than in winter, indicating biological degradation could play an important role in antibiotics removal. Because of the incomplete removal, the total concentration of detected antibiotics increased in the mixing and downstream sections of a local river receiving the efflu…

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Authors
Dong, H., Yuan, X., Wang, W., & Qiang, Z.
Affiliations
Chinese Academy of Sciences (CN)
Corresponding author
Qiang, Zhimin
ORCID
Venue
Journal of Environmental Management
Publisher
Elsevier BV
Published
2016-08
Volume
178
Pages
11-19
ISSN
0301-4797 (ISSN-L)
DOI
10.1016/j.jenvman.2016.04.037
OpenAlex
W2344089381
Cited by
185
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FWCI
9.45
Type
journal article
Language
en
Open access
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  • Journal of Environmental Management (publishedVersion)
  • PubMed (publishedVersion)
  • Research Center for Eco-Environmental Sciences OpenIR (Chinese Academy of Sciences) (submittedVersion, cc-by-nc-sa)
Funders
  • European Union's Seventh Programme (318926)
  • National Natural Science Foundation (51138009, 51408590)
  • Ministry of Housing and Urban-Rural Development (2012ZX07313-001-07)
Topics
  • Physical Sciences › Environmental Science › Pollution › Pharmaceutical and Antibiotic Environmental Impacts
  • Physical Sciences › Environmental Science › Waste Management and Disposal › Constructed Wetlands for Wastewater Treatment
  • Physical Sciences › Environmental Science › Waste Management and Disposal › Wastewater Treatment and Reuse
Keywords
antibiotics, antibiotic removal, wastewater treatment, constructed wetlands, stabilization ponds, activated sludge, macrolides, sulfonamides, fluoroquinolones, tetracycline, trimethoprim, seasonal variation, biodegradation, river pollution, rural wastewater
MeSH terms
Anti-Bacterial Agents, China, Humans, Seasons, Waste Disposal, Fluid, Water Pollutants, Chemical, Wetlands, Ponds, Wastewater

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