The Occurrence and Fate of PAHs over Multiple Years in a Wastewater Treatment Plant of Harbin, Northeast China

Sun, Shaojing; Jia, Linran; Li, Bo; Yuan, Anni; Kong, Lingjun; Qi, Hong; Ma, Wanli; Zhang, Anping; Wu, Yining

doi:10.1016/j.scitotenv.2017.12.029

The Occurrence and Fate of PAHs over Multiple Years in a Wastewater Treatment Plant of Harbin, Northeast China

The occurrence and fate of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs) were investigated in wastewater, sludge and surrounding air from the wastewater treatment plant (WWTP) in Harbin, Northeast China. The concentration of total PAHs in the influent, effluent and sludge were 4080ng/L, 864ng/L and 820…