The effect of aeration on the removal of wastewater-derived pharmaceutical residues from groundwater ⋯ A laboratory study

Water Science and Technology

Volumn 67, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 658-666

  Burke, Victoria ^a   Duennbier, Uwe ^b   Massmann, Gudrun ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OLDENBURG   (Germany)

^b Berliner Wasserbetriebe ^*  (Germany)

Author keywords

Antibiotics; Organic trace pollutants; Phenazone; Redox sensitivity; Removal

Indexed keywords

ANOXIC CONDITIONS; ANOXIC GROUNDWATER; ANTIMICROBIAL COMPOUNDS; CLARITHROMYCIN; CLINDAMYCIN; DOXYCYCLINE; DRINKING WATER PRODUCTION; DRINKING WATER TREATMENT PROCESS; LABORATORY STUDIES; OXIC CONDITIONS; PHARMACEUTICAL RESIDUES; PHENAZONE; RAW WATER; REDOX CONDITION; REDOX SENSITIVES; REDOX-SENSITIVITY; ROXITHROMYCIN; SIDE EFFECT; TRACE POLLUTANT; TREATMENT METHODS; TRIMETHOPRIM;

ANTIBIOTICS; AQUIFERS; GROUNDWATER RESOURCES; REMOVAL; STEEL TANKS;

CHEMICALS REMOVAL (WATER TREATMENT);

CLARITHROMYCIN; CLINDAMYCIN; DOXYCYCLINE; DRUG RESIDUE; GROUND WATER; PHENAZONE; ROXITHROMYCIN; TRIMETHOPRIM;

AERATION; ANOXIC CONDITIONS; ANTIBIOTICS; AQUIFER; BIODEGRADATION; DRINKING WATER; DRUG; GROUNDWATER POLLUTION; IRON; LABORATORY METHOD; MANGANESE; ORGANIC POLLUTANT; POLLUTANT REMOVAL; REDOX CONDITIONS; WASTEWATER; WATER TREATMENT;

AERATION; ANOXIA; ARTICLE; WASTE WATER MANAGEMENT;

ANTI-INFECTIVE AGENTS; ANTIPYRINE; GROUNDWATER; OXIDATION-REDUCTION; OXYGEN; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL; WATER PURIFICATION;

EID: 84874099755     PISSN: 02731223     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2166/wst.2012.613     Document Type: Article

References (34)

1. Burke, V., Treumann, S., Duennbier, U., Greskowiak, J. & Massmann, G. 2012 Column experiments on the sorption behavior of 20 organic micropollutants - pharmaceutical residues and industrial agents. Submitted to Water Research.
2. Carballa, M., Omil, F., Alder, A. C. & Lema, J. M. 2006 Comparison between the conventional anaerobic digestion of sewage sludge and its combination with a chemical or thermal pre-treatment concerning the removal of pharmaceuticals and personal care products. Water Science and Technology 53 (8), 109-117.
3. Castiglioni, S., Bagnati, R., Fanelli, R., Pomati, F., Calamari, D. & Zuccato, E. 2006 Removal of pharmaceuticals in sewage treatment plants in Italy. Environmental Science and Technology 40 (1), 357-363.
4. Daughton, C. G & Ruhoy, I. S. 2009 Environmental footprint of pharmaceuticals: The significance of factors beyond direct excretion to sewers. Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry 28 (12), 2495-2521.
5. Fent, K., Weston, A. A. & Caminada, D. 2006 Ecotoxicology of human pharmaceuticals. Aquatic Toxicology 76 (2), 122-159.
6. Goebel, A., McArdell, C. S., Joss, A., Siegrist, H. & Giger, W. 2007 Fate of sulfonamides, macrolides, and trimethoprim in different wastewater treatment technologies. Science of the Total Environment 372 (2-3), 361-371.
7. Heberer, T, Massmann, G, Fanck, B., Taute, T. & Dunnbier, U. 2008 Behaviour and redox sensitivity of antimicrobial residues during bank filtration. Chemosphere 73 (4), 451-460.
8. Hecht, H. & Kölling, M. 2001 A low-cost optode-array measuring system based on 1 mm plastic optical fibers - new technique for In situ detection and quantification of pyrite weathering processes. Sensors and Actuators B: Chemical 81 (1), 76-82.
9. Homem, V. & Santos, L. 2011 Degradation and removal methods of antibiotics from aqueous matrices - a review. Journal of Environmental Management 92 (10), 2304-2347.
10. Kolpin, D. W., Furlong, E. T, Meyer, M. T, Thurman, E. M., Zaugg, S. D., Barber, L. B. & Buxton, H. T. 2002 Pharmaceuticals, hormones, and other organic wastewater contaminants in U.S. streams, 1999 - 2000: A national reconnaissance. Environmental Science and Technology 36 (6), 1202-1211.
11. Kümmerer, K. & Henninger, A. 2003 Promoting resistance by the emission of antibiotics from hospitals and households into effluent. Clinical Microbiology and Infection 9 (12), 1203-1214.
12. Lindberg, R H., Olofsson, U., Rendahl, P., Johansson, M. I., Tysklind, M. & Andersson, B. A. V. 2006 Behavior of fluoroquinolones and trimethoprim during mechanical, chemical, and active sludge treatment of sewage water and digestion of sludge. Environmental Science and Technology 40 (3), 1042-1048.
13. Massmann, G, Greskowiak, J., Duennbier, U., Zuehlke, S., Knappe, A. & Pekdeger, A. 2006 The impact of variable temperatures on the redox conditions and the behaviour of pharmaceutical residues during artificial recharge. Journal of Hydrology 328 (1-2), 141-156.
14. Massmann, G, Duennbier, U., Heberer, T & Taute, T. 2008a Behaviour and redox sensitivity of pharmaceutical residues during bank filtration - investigation of residues of phenazone-type analgesics. Chemosphere 71 (8), 1476-1485.
15. Massmann, G., Sueltenfuss, J., Duennbier, U., Knappe, A., Taute, T. & Pekdeger, A. 2008b Investigation of groundwater residence times during bank filtration in Berlin: A multi-tracer approach. Hydrological Processes 22 (6), 788-801.
16. McArdell, C. S., Molnar, E., Suter, M. J. F. & Giger, W. 2003 Occurrence and fate of macrolide antibiotics in wastewater treatment plants and in the Glatt Valley Watershed, Switzerland. Environmental Science and Technology 37 (24), 5479-5486.
17. Mersmann, P., Scheytt, T. & Heberer, T. 2003 Column experiments on the transport behavior of pharmaceutically active compounds in the saturated zone (in German). Acta Hydrochimica Et Hydrobiologica 30 (5-6), 275-284.
18. Pedrouzo, M., Borrull, F., Pocurull, E. & Marcé, R. 2011 Presence of pharmaceuticals and hormones in waters from sewage treatment plants. Water, Air, and Soil Pollution 217 (1), 267-281.
19. Peng, X., Zhang, K., Tang, C, Huang, Q., Yu, Y. & Cui, J. 2011 Distribution pattern, behavior, and fate of antibacterials in urban aquatic environments in South China. Journal of Environmental Monitoring 13 (2), 446-454.
20. Reddersen, K., Heberer, T. & Dunnbier, U. 2002 Identification and significance of phenazone drugs and their metabolites in ground- and drinking water. Chemosphere 49 (6), 539-544.
21. Richter, D., Massmann, G & Duennbier, U. 2008 Behaviour and biodegradation of sulfonamides (p-TSA, o-TSA, BSA) during drinking water treatment. Chemosphere 71 (8), 1574-1581.
22. Richter, D., Massmann, G, Taute, T. & Duennbier, U. 2009 Investigation of the fate of sulfonamides downgradient of a decommissioned sewage farm near Berlin, Germany. Journal of Contaminant Hydrology 106 (3-4), 183-194.
23. Sacher, F., Lange, F. T., Brauch, H.-J. & Blankenhorn, I. 2001 Pharmaceuticals in groundwaters: Analytical methods and results of a monitoring program in Baden-Württemberg, Germany. Journal of Chromatography A 938 (1-2), 199-210.
24. Sauber, K., Muller, R, Keller, E., Eberspacher, J. & Lingens, F. 1977 Degradation of antipyrin by pyrazon-degrading bacteria. Zeitschrift Fur Naturforschung C - a Journal of Biosciences 32 (7-8), 557-562.
25. Scheytt, T, Mersmann, P., Leidig, M., Pekdeger, A. & Heberer, T. 2004 Transport of pharmaceutically active compounds in saturated laboratory columns. Ground Water 42 (5), 767-773.
26. Stackelberg, P. E., Furlong, E. T, Meyer, M. T., Zaugg, S. D., Henderson, A. K & Reissman, D. B. 2004 Persistence of pharmaceutical compounds and other organic wastewater contaminants in a conventional drinking-water-treatment plant. Science of the Total Environment 329 (1-3), 99-113.
27. Wise, R. 2002 Antimicrobial resistance: Priorities for action. Journal of Antimicrobial Chemotherapy 49 (4), 585-586.
28. Wu, C, Spongberg, A. L. & Witter, J. D. 2008 Determination of the persistence of pharmaceuticals in biosolids using liquid-chromatography tandem mass spectrometry. Chemosphere 73 (4), 511-518.
29. Zhang, X.-X., Zhang, T & Fang, H. 2009 Antibiotic resistance genes in water environment. Applied Microbiology and Biotechnology 82 (3), 397-414.
30. Zhou, J. L., Zhang, Z. L., Banks, E., Grover, D. & Jiang, J. Q. 2009 Pharmaceutical residues in wastewater treatment works effluents and their impact on receiving river water. Journal of Hazardous Materials 166 (2-3), 655-661.
31. Zuccato, E., Castiglioni, S., Bagnati, R., Melis, M. & Fanelli, R. 2010 Source, occurrence and fate of antibiotics in the Italian aquatic environment. Journal of Hazardous Materials 179 (1-3), 1042-1048.
32. Zuehlke, S., Duennbier, U. & Heberer, T 2004a Detection and identification of phenazone-type drugs and their microbial metabolites in ground and drinking water applying solid-phase extraction and gas chromatography with mass spectrometric detection. Journal of Chromatography A 1050 (2), 201-209.
33. Zuehlke, S., Duennbier, U. & Heberer, T 2004b Determination of polar drug residues in sewage and surface water applying liquid chromatography-tandem mass spectrometry. Analytical Chemistry 76 (22), 6548-6554.
34. Zuehlke, S., Duennbier, U. & Heberer, T. 2007 Investigation of the behavior and metabolism of pharmaceutical residues during purification of contaminated ground water used for drinking water supply. Chemosphere 69 (11), 1673-1680.