Removal of emerging contaminants from wastewater using advanced treatments. A review

N Morin-Crini, E Lichtfouse, M Fourmentin… - Environmental …, 2022 - Springer
The rise of emerging contaminants in waters challenges the scientific community and water
treatment stakeholders to design remediation techniques that are simple, practical …

Pharmaceuticals of emerging concern in aquatic systems: chemistry, occurrence, effects, and removal methods

M Patel, R Kumar, K Kishor, T Mlsna… - Chemical …, 2019 - ACS Publications
In the last few decades, pharmaceuticals, credited with saving millions of lives, have
emerged as a new class of environmental contaminant. These compounds can have both …

Comparative overview of advanced oxidation processes and biological approaches for the removal pharmaceuticals

N Taoufik, W Boumya, M Achak, M Sillanpää… - Journal of Environmental …, 2021 - Elsevier
Nowadays, pharmaceuticals are the center of significant environmental research due to their
complex and highly stable bioactivity, increasing concentration in the water streams and …

Occurrence and removal of organic micropollutants: An overview of the watch list of EU Decision 2015/495

MO Barbosa, NFF Moreira, AR Ribeiro, MFR Pereira… - Water research, 2016 - Elsevier
Although there are no legal discharge limits for micropollutants into the environment, some
regulations have been published in the last few years. Recently, a watch list of substances …

Degradation kinetics of pharmaceuticals and personal care products in surface waters: photolysis vs biodegradation

RM Baena-Nogueras, E González-Mazo… - Science of the total …, 2017 - Elsevier
Poor removal of many pharmaceuticals and personal care products (PPCPs) in sewage
treatment leads to their discharge into the receiving waters, where they may cause negative …

[HTML][HTML] Semiconductor based photocatalysts for detoxification of emerging pharmaceutical pollutants from aquatic systems: A critical review

P Kar, K Shukla, P Jain, G Sathiyan, RK Gupta - Nano Materials Science, 2021 - Elsevier
The presence of emerging pharmaceutical pollutants at low concentration levels in the
surface and ground water has caused a potential threat to the marine and human lives. The …

Removal of pharmaceutical active compounds in wastewater by constructed wetlands: performance and mechanisms

H Zhang, XC Wang, Y Zheng, M Dzakpasu - Journal of Environmental …, 2023 - Elsevier
The occurrence of pharmaceutical active compounds (PhACs) in aquatic environments is a
cause for concern due to potential adverse effects on human and ecosystem health …

Occurrence, removal and environmental risk assessment of pharmaceuticals and personal care products in rural wastewater treatment wetlands

Y Chen, J Vymazal, T Březinová, M Koželuh… - Science of the Total …, 2016 - Elsevier
Rural communities in central and eastern Europe usually use constructed wetlands (CWs) to
treat domestic wastewater. Effluents from these systems are regularly discharged to …

Z-Scheme heterojunction Ag/NH2-MIL-125 (Ti)/CdS with enhanced photocatalytic activity for ketoprofen degradation: Mechanism and intermediates

X Zheng, Y Li, J Yang, S Cui - Chemical Engineering Journal, 2021 - Elsevier
In this study, the Z-scheme heterojunction photocatalysts Ag/NH 2-MIL-125 (Ti)/CdS (AMC-5,
AMC-10 and AMC-20) were first successfully obtained by stepwise deposition of Ag and …

A comparative study of the common persulfate activation techniques for the complete degradation of an NSAID: the case of ketoprofen

M Amasha, A Baalbaki, A Ghauch - Chemical Engineering Journal, 2018 - Elsevier
This work assessed the treatment of ketoprofen (KTP) using persulfate (PS) based
Advanced Oxidation Process (AOP) activated thermally, chemically (Fe 2+) or by UV. KTP …