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Development in Wastewater Treatment Research and Processes : Emerging Technologies for Removal of Pharmaceuticals and Personal Care Products: State of the Art, Challenges and Future Perspectives /

Bibliographic Details
Corporate Author: ScienceDirect (Online service)
Other Authors: Shah, Maulin P., Ghosh, Pooja
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: San Diego : Elsevier, 2024.
Subjects:
Sewage > Purification > Technological innovations.
Eaux usées > Épuration > Innovations.
Electronic books.
Online Access:Connect to the full text of this electronic book
Table of Contents:
  • Intro
  • Development in Wastewater Treatment Research and Processes: Emerging Technologies for Removal of Pharmaceuticals and Perso ...
  • Copyright
  • Contents
  • Contributors
  • Preface
  • Chapter 1: Pharmaceutical and personal care products as emerging contaminants: Categorization, prevalence, removal, and t ...
  • 1. Introduction
  • 2. Categorization and prevalence of PPCPs
  • 2.1. Antibiotics
  • 2.2. Analgesics and antipyretics
  • 2.3. Antidepressants
  • 2.4. Antiepileptics
  • 2.5. Antiseptics
  • 2.6. Blood lipid regulators
  • 2.7. Nonsteroidal antiinflammatory drugs (NSAIDs)
  • 2.8. Stimulants
  • 3. Impact of PPCPs on ecosystem
  • 4. Removal mechanisms of PPCPs
  • 4.1. Conventional activated sludge process
  • 4.2. Limitations of CAS system
  • 4.3. Membrane bioreactor (MBR)
  • 4.4. The significance of MBR system
  • 4.5. The limitations of MBR system
  • 4.6. Microbe mediated removal of PPCPs
  • 5. Conclusion
  • References
  • Chapter 2: Fate and PPCPs transport to agricultural soils receiving reused water
  • 1. Introduction
  • 2. PPCPs in soil receiving wastewater irrigation
  • 2.1. Fate of PPCPs in soil
  • 2.2. PPCPs degradation factors
  • 3. Fate and transport of PPCPs in soil-plant system
  • 4. Effect of PPCPs
  • 4.1. Soil
  • 4.2. Microbiota
  • 4.3. Plants
  • 5. Impact of PPCPs on human health
  • 6. Methods for PPCPs removal
  • 6.1. Physical adsorption process
  • 6.1.1. Carbon nanotubes
  • 6.1.2. Graphene and graphene oxide
  • 6.1.3. Activated carbon
  • 6.2. Biological degradation process
  • 6.2.1. Pure cultures
  • 6.2.2. Mixed cultures
  • 6.3. Chemical oxidation process
  • 6.3.1. Ozonation
  • 6.3.2. Ionizing irradiation
  • 6.3.3. UV radiation
  • 7. Conclusion
  • References
  • Chapter 3: Ecotoxicology and health risk assessment due to pharmaceuticals and personal care products in different en
  • 1. Introduction
  • 2. Types of PPCPs
  • 3. Sources and pathway of PPCPs
  • 4. PPCPs affecting aquatic and terrestrial ecosystems
  • 4.1. Impacts of PPCPs on plants
  • 4.2. Impacts of PPCPs on microorganisms in causing antimicrobial resistance
  • 4.3. Impacts of PPCPs on algae
  • 4.4. Impact of PPCPs on fishes
  • 5. Interactions between microplastics and PPCPs
  • 6. Health risks of PPCPs
  • 7. Health risk assessments of PPCPs and its methodology
  • 8. Detection of parabens and other compounds in cosmetics
  • 9. Conclusion
  • References
  • Chapter 4: Efficiency of conventional wastewater treatment technologies for removal of PPCPs
  • 1. Introduction
  • 2. Pharmaceuticals and personal care products (PPCPs)
  • 2.1. Overview of characteristics for PPCPs
  • 2.2. The fate, removal processes and efficiency of PPCPs in WWTP
  • 2.3. Transformation of PPCP in WWTP
  • 3. Conclusions and recommendations
  • References
  • Chapter 5: A review on pharmaceutical wastewater treatment using biological process-benefits and opportunities
  • 1. Introduction