期刊
WATER RESEARCH
卷 111, 期 -, 页码 204-212出版社
PERGAMON-ELSEVIER SCIENCE LTD
DOI: 10.1016/j.watres.2017.01.010
关键词
Antibiotic resistance genes (ARGs); Coagulation; Effluent; Removal; Wastewater treatment plant
资金
- Key Special Program at the S&T for the Pollution Control [2014ZX07204-008]
- NSFC [21377123, 51322802]
- Fundamental Research Funds for the Central Universities
- Key Research Program of Frontier Sciences, CAS [QYZDB-SSW-DQC020]
Antibiotic resistance genes (ARGs), as emerging environmental contaminants, have become a threat to human health. Recent studies have demonstrated that the effluent from wastewater treatment plants is a significant point source of ARGs released into the environment. In this study, we investigated the effectiveness of coagulation technology in the removal of ARGs from treated wastewater. Specifically, we measured the removal of five ARGs (two sulfonamide resistance genes, sulI and sulII, and three tetracycline resistance genes, tetO, tetW and tetQ) and the class 1 integron intI1 gene via the application of two coagulants: FeCl3 and polyferric chloride (PFC). Moreover, the removal of dissolved organic carbon (DOC), NH3-N and total phosphorus (TP) in the coagulation process was investigated. The coagulation process effectively removed ARGs from the effluent with 0.5-log to 3.1-log reductions. Significant removal correlations were observed between dissolved NH3-N and DOC, intI1 and sulI, sulII and tetO, sulII and tetW, and tetO and tetW, implying that the co-removal of DOC, dissolved NH3-N, the intll gene and different ARGs played an important role in ARG loss during coagulation with Fe-based coagulants. These results indicate that coagulation may play a promising role in ARG reduction in wastewater treatment plants. (C) 2017 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.
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