A survey of endocrine disrupting chemicals in sewage and a preliminary treatment trial

Jiang, JQ; Yin, Q; Pearce, P; Zhou, J

A survey of endocrine disrupting chemicals in sewage and a preliminary treatment trial

Jiang, JQ Yin, Q Pearce, P Zhou, J

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Publication Type:: Journal Article
Citation:: Water Science and Technology, 2005, 52 (8), pp. 1 - 7
Issue Date:: 2005-12-12

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dc.contributor.author	Jiang, JQ	en_US
dc.contributor.author	Yin, Q	en_US
dc.contributor.author	Pearce, P	en_US
dc.contributor.author	Zhou, J https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1393-1608	en_US
dc.date.issued	2005-12-12	en_US
dc.identifier.citation	Water Science and Technology, 2005, 52 (8), pp. 1 - 7	en_US
dc.identifier.issn	0273-1223	en_US
dc.identifier.uri	http://hdl.handle.net/10453/33719
dc.description.abstract	This paper demonstrates that synthetic endocrine disrupting chemicals (EDCs) (e.g. bisphenol-A) and natural EDCs (e.g. estrone and 17β-estradiol) were found in the crude sewage from two sewage treatment works. Conventional biological processes can lower EDC concentrations to several hundred nanograms per litre. Because natural EDCs (e.g. estrone and 17β1-estradiol) have biological activity and an adverse impact on the environment at extremely low concentrations (several tens of nanograms per litre), and because the existing wastewater/sewage treatment processes are not adequate to reduce natural EDC concentrations lower than 100 ng L-1, further treatment after conventional biological processes is required. Preliminary trials with ferrate(VI) and electrochemical oxidation processes demonstrated that the former is more effective than the latter in reducing EDC concentrations, and that both the processes can effectively reduce EDCs to very low levels, ranging between 20 and 100 ng L-1. © IWA Publishing 2005.	en_US
dc.relation.ispartof	Water Science and Technology	en_US
dc.subject.classification	Environmental Engineering	en_US
dc.subject.mesh	Iron	en_US
dc.subject.mesh	Phenols	en_US
dc.subject.mesh	Estradiol	en_US
dc.subject.mesh	Estrone	en_US
dc.subject.mesh	Sewage	en_US
dc.subject.mesh	Waste Disposal, Fluid	en_US
dc.subject.mesh	Oxidation-Reduction	en_US
dc.subject.mesh	Electrochemistry	en_US
dc.subject.mesh	Endocrine Disruptors	en_US
dc.subject.mesh	Benzhydryl Compounds	en_US
dc.title	A survey of endocrine disrupting chemicals in sewage and a preliminary treatment trial	en_US
dc.type	Journal Article
utslib.citation.volume	8	en_US
utslib.citation.volume	52	en_US
utslib.for	0904 Chemical Engineering	en_US
utslib.for	0905 Civil Engineering	en_US
utslib.for	0907 Environmental Engineering	en_US
pubs.embargo.period	Not known	en_US
pubs.organisational-group	/University of Technology Sydney
pubs.organisational-group	/University of Technology Sydney/Faculty of Engineering and Information Technology
pubs.organisational-group	/University of Technology Sydney/Faculty of Engineering and Information Technology/School of Civil and Environmental Engineering
pubs.organisational-group	/University of Technology Sydney/Strength - CTWW - Centre for Technology in Water and Wastewater Treatment
utslib.copyright.status	closed_access
pubs.issue	8	en_US
pubs.publication-status	Published	en_US
pubs.volume	52	en_US

Abstract:

This paper demonstrates that synthetic endocrine disrupting chemicals (EDCs) (e.g. bisphenol-A) and natural EDCs (e.g. estrone and 17β-estradiol) were found in the crude sewage from two sewage treatment works. Conventional biological processes can lower EDC concentrations to several hundred nanograms per litre. Because natural EDCs (e.g. estrone and 17β1-estradiol) have biological activity and an adverse impact on the environment at extremely low concentrations (several tens of nanograms per litre), and because the existing wastewater/sewage treatment processes are not adequate to reduce natural EDC concentrations lower than 100 ng L-1, further treatment after conventional biological processes is required. Preliminary trials with ferrate(VI) and electrochemical oxidation processes demonstrated that the former is more effective than the latter in reducing EDC concentrations, and that both the processes can effectively reduce EDCs to very low levels, ranging between 20 and 100 ng L-1. © IWA Publishing 2005.

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