期刊
ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY
卷 55, 期 16, 页码 11318-11327出版社
AMER CHEMICAL SOC
DOI: 10.1021/acs.est.1c02728
关键词
pharmaceuticals; C-14-labeling; granular activated carbon; biofilms; transformation
资金
- Interreg South Baltic Programme 2014-2020 through the European Regional Development Fund [STHB.02.02.00-SE-0119/17]
- Swedish Agency for Marine and Water Management [2243-17]
The study investigated the rates and extents of biological degradation and adsorption in GAC-filter media with associated biofilm, using C-14-labeled organic micropollutants. Results showed higher degradation rates for diclofenac in GAC-filter media compared to other biofilms. The study demonstrated the potential use of C-14-labeled micropollutants in studying interactions and determining the relative contributions of adsorption and degradation in GAC-based treatment systems.
Granular activated carbon (GAC) filters can be used to reduce emissions of organic micropollutants via municipal wastewater, but it is still uncertain to which extent biological degradation contributes to their removal in GAC filters. C-14-labeled organic micropollutants were therefore used to distinguish degradation from adsorption in a GAC-filter media with associated biofilm. The rates and extents of biological degradation and adsorption were investigated and compared with other biofilm systems, including a moving bed biofilm reactor (MBBR) and a sand filter, by monitoring C-14 activities in the liquid and gas phases. The microbial cleavage of ibuprofen, naproxen, diclofenac, and mecoprop was confirmed for all biofilms, based on the formation of (CO2)-C-14, whereas the degradation of C-14-labeled moieties of sulfamethoxazole and carbamazepine was undetected. Higher degradation rates for diclofenac were observed for the GAC-filter media than for the other biofilms. Degradation of previously adsorbed diclofenac onto GAC could be confirmed by the anaerobic adsorption and subsequent aerobic degradation by the GAC-bound biofilm. This study demonstrates the potential use of C-14-labeled micropollutants to study interactions and determine the relative contributions of adsorption and degradation in GAC-based treatment systems.
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