Role of wastewater treatment plant (WWTP) in environmental cycling of poly-and perfluoroalkyl (PFAS) compounds
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The role of wastewater treatment plants (WWTP) in environmental cycling of poly- and perfluoroalkyl substances (PFASs) through aqueous effluent, sludge and air emission has been critically reviewed here. Understanding the role of WWTPs can provide better understanding of global cycling of persistent PFASs and assist in formulating relevant environmental policies. The review suggests that WWTP effluent is a major source of perfluoroalkyl acids (PFAAs) in surface water. Land application of biosolids (treated sludge) has shown preferential bioaccumulation of short chain (
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WWTPs are not designed to remove PFAS from influent.
“Because of the novelty of PFAS as a contaminant of concern, wastewater treatment plants (WWTPs) are not designed to remove PFAS from influent, often resulting in measured effluent concentrations exceeding influent concentrations (Coggan et al., 2019; Dalahmeh et al., 2018; Hamid and Li, 2016; Lenka et al., 2021).”
From Occurrence, transformation, and transport of PFAS entering, leaving, and flowing past wastewater treatment plants with diverse land uses (2024) · cites this paper as Hamid and Li, 2016
The Introduction says conventional wastewater treatment does not efficiently remove PFAAs, and the section on PFAS fate says primary treatment is aimed at settling solids and provides little or no PFAS removal. These passages support the practical point that conventional WWTPs remove PFAS poorly, but do not establish the broader claim about what WWTPs were designed to remove or attribute their design to PFAS's novelty. The paper also reports increased concentrations in some secondary effluent. (LLM, conf=0.82)
Experimental — accuracy not yet measuredThe discharge of PFAS into wastewater mainly comes from industrial and manufacturing facilities and products consumption.
“The discharge of PFAS into wastewater mainly comes from industrial and manufacturing facilities and products consumption (Hamid and Li, 2016).”
From Occurrence of per- and polyfluorinated alkyl substances in wastewater treatment plants in Northern Italy (2023) · cites this paper as Hamid and Li, 2016
Measured effluent PFAS concentrations often exceed influent concentrations at WWTPs.
“Because of the novelty of PFAS as a contaminant of concern, wastewater treatment plants (WWTPs) are not designed to remove PFAS from influent, often resulting in measured effluent concentrations exceeding influent concentrations (Coggan et al., 2019; Dalahmeh et al., 2018; Hamid and Li, 2016; Lenka et al., 2021).”
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- Authors
- Hanna Hamid, L. L., Hamid, H., & Li, L.
- Affiliations
- University of British Columbia (CA)
- ORCID
- Li, Loretta
- Venue
- Ecocycles
- Publisher
- Ecocycles
- Published
- 2016
- Volume
- 2
- Issue
- 2
- ISSN
- 2416-2140 (ISSN-L)
- OpenAlex
- W2566970474
- Cited by
- 88
- References
- 67
- Citations by year
- 2026: 7 · 2025: 12 · 2024: 15 · 2023: 13 · 2022: 9 · 2021: 12 · 2020: 12 · 2019: 4 · 2018: 4
- FWCI
- 1.74
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- diamond
- doi.org
- Licence
- cc-by
- Locations
- Ecocycles (publishedVersion, cc-by)
- Repository of the Academy's Library (Library of the Hungarian Academy of Sciences) (acceptedVersion)
- DOAJ (DOAJ: Directory of Open Access Journals) (submittedVersion, cc-by-sa)
- Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research) (submittedVersion, cc-by)
- Funders
- Schlumberger Foundation
- Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada (185040–13, RGPIN 185040-13)
- Topics
- Physical Sciences › Environmental Science › Environmental Chemistry › Per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances research
- Physical Sciences › Environmental Science › Pollution › Pharmaceutical and Antibiotic Environmental Impacts
- Physical Sciences › Environmental Science › Waste Management and Disposal › Wastewater Treatment and Reuse
- Keywords
- wastewater treatment plants, PFAS, perfluoroalkyl acids, environmental cycling, biosolids, agricultural use of sludge, air pollutant emissions, wastewater effluent, surface water contamination, bioaccumulation, environmental policy
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