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ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTION
卷 292, 期 -, 页码 -出版社
ELSEVIER SCI LTD
DOI: 10.1016/j.envpol.2021.118433
关键词
Activated sludge treatment; Membrane bioreactor; Microbial diversity; Pharmaceuticals; Hormones
资金
- Maa-ja vesitekniikan tuki ry
- Finnish Water Utilities Association (Water Utilities Development Fund)
The study examined the occurrence of pharmaceuticals, hormones, and bacterial community structures at a wastewater treatment plant in Finland with two parallel treatment lines. It found that there were fluctuations in species richness and diversity in the effluent samples, with a marked decrease observed between August and November. The study also showed differences in removal rates between conventional activated sludge treatment and membrane bioreactor treatment.
In this study, the occurrence of pharmaceuticals, hormones and bacterial community structures was studied at a wastewater treatment plant in Finland having two different parallel treatment lines: conventional activated sludge (CAS) treatment with a sedimentation stage, and a membrane bioreactor (MBR). Influent and effluents were sampled seven times over a period of one year. The bacterial communities of the influent samples showed a high degree of similarity, except for the February sample which had substantially lower diversity. There was significant fluctuation in the species richness and diversity of the effluent samples, although both effluents showed a similar trend. A marked decrease in diversity was observed in effluents collected between August and November. The initiation of nitrogen removal as a result of an increase in temperature could explain the changes in microbial community structures. In overall terms, suspended solids, bacteria and total organic matter (COD and BOD) were removed to a greater extent using the MBR, while higher Tot-N, Tot-P and nitrate removal rates were achieved using the CAS treatment. Estrone (E1) concentrations were also consistently at a lower level in the MBR effluents (<0.1-0.68 ng/l) compared to the CAS effluents (1.1-12 ng/l). Due to the high variation in the concentrations of pharmaceuticals, no clear superiority of either process could be demonstrated with certainty. The study highlights the importance of long-term sampling campaigns to detect variations effectively.
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