Journal
WATER RESEARCH
Volume 185, Issue -, Pages -Publisher
PERGAMON-ELSEVIER SCIENCE LTD
DOI: 10.1016/j.watres.2020.116298
Keywords
Novel brominated flame retardants; Wastewater treatment plant; Mass balance; Biodegradation; Sorption
Funding
- National Natural Science Foundation of China [41573109, 41322025]
- Fundamental Research Funds for the Central Universities of China [JC2015-02, 2015ZCQ-HJ-02]
- Major Science and Technology Program for Water Pollution Control and Treatment of China [2018ZX07208001]
- State Key Laboratory of Environmental Criteria and Risk Assessment of China [SKLE-CRA2019OFP07]
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As a class of alternative flame retardants, novel brominatedflame retardants (NBFRs) have been widely used in clothing, textiles, electronics, building materials, and plastics and are frequently found in environmental samples. Although the use and discharge of NBFRs are increasing all over the world, little information is available about their fates and removal in wastewater treatment plants (WWTPs). This study investigated the occurrence and behavior of 2,4,6-tribromophenyl allyl ether (ATE), 2,3-dibromopropyl tribromophenyl ether (DPTE), tetrabromo-o-chlorotoluene (TBCT), pentabromobenzyl acrylate (PBBA), 1,2-bis(2,4,6-tribromophenoxy) ethane (BTBPE), bis(2-ethylhexyl)-3,4,5,6-tetrabromo-phthalate (TBPH), and decabromodiphenyl ethane (DBDPE) in a municipal WWTP in Beijing, China. Four of the NBFRs (ATE, BTBPE, TBPH, and DBDPE) were detected in all wastewater and biosolid samples. The dominant compound in both wastewater and biosolid samples was DBDPE, with concentrations in the ranges of 6.4-18 ng/L and 83-288 ng/g dry weight (dw), respectively. A mass flow analysis indicated that the overall removal efficiencies were 31 +/- 18% for ATE, 97 +/- 1.5% for DPTE, 79 +/- 11% for BTBPE, 87 +/- 5.3% for TBPH, and 93 +/- 3.3% for DBDPE, but the removal efficiency in aqueous phase only ranged from -43 (ATE) to 57% (DBDPE). The low and negative removal efficiencies of ATE were possibly due to the transformation of DPTE during the anaerobic treatment processes. Under the aerobic conditions, BTBPE, TBPH and DBDPE underwent a very slow biodegradation. A total of 68-91% of the initial mass loadings of ATE, BTBPE, TBPH and DBDPE were found in the biosolid samples, suggesting that the four NBFRs were removed mainly via sorption in the WWTP.The biosolid was a huge reservoir of target NBFRs, and effective removal of NBFRs during treatment in the WWTP is critical. (c) 2020 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.
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