Journal
WATER RESEARCH
Volume 107, Issue -, Pages 37-46Publisher
PERGAMON-ELSEVIER SCIENCE LTD
DOI: 10.1016/j.watres.2016.10.046
Keywords
Membrane reactor; Polishing step; Emerging organic; Micropollutants
Funding
- Danish Council for Strategic Research [26-03-0250]
- CONACYT [CONACYT-206944]
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Organic micropollutants (OMPs) such as pharmaceuticals are persistent pollutants that are only partially degraded in waste water treatment plants (WWTPs). In this study, a membrane bioreactor (MBR) system was used as a polishing step on a full-scale WWTP, and its ability to remove micropollutants was examined together with the development and stability of the microbial community. Two stages of operation were studied during a period of 9 months, one with (S1) and one without (S2) the addition of exogenous OMPs. Ibuprofen and naproxen had the highest degradation rates with values of 248 mu g/g(VSS).h and 71 mu g/g(VSS).h, whereas diclofenac was a more persistent OMP (7.28 mu g/g(VSS).h). Mineralization of C-14-labeled OMPs in batch kinetic experiments indicates that higher removal rates (similar to 0.8 ng/mg(TSS).h) with a short lag phase can be obtained when artificial addition of organic micropollutants was performed. Similar microbial populations dominated S1 and S2, despite the independent operations. Hydrogenophaga, Nitrospira, p55-a5, the actinobacterial Tetrasphaera, Propionicimonas, Fodinicola, and Candidatus Microthrix were the most abundant groups in the polishing MBR. Finally, potential microbial candidates for ibuprofen and naproxen degradation are proposed. (C) 2016 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.
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