Pharmaceutical Formulation Facilities as Sources of Opioids and Other Pharmaceuticals to Wastewater Treatment Plant Effluents

Pharmaceutical Formulation Facilities as Sources of Opioids and Other Pharmaceuticals to Wastewater Treatment Plant Effluents

Facilities involved in the manufacture of pharmaceutical products are an under-investigated source of pharmaceuticals to the environment. Between 2004 and 2009, 35 to 38 effluent samples were collected from each of three wastewater treatment plants (WWTPs) in New York and analyzed for seven pharmaceuticals including opioids and muscle relaxants. Two WWTPs (NY2 and NY3) receive substantial flows...

Time Trends of Pharmaceuticals in Wastewater Treatment Plant Effluent with Sources from Pharmaceutical Manufacturing Facilities and Hospitals

Pharmaceuticals in Wastewater Treatment Plant Effluent Waters

Pharmaceuticals are being used at an increasing rate, and end up in wastewater through excretion and disposal. They also end up in the effluent water of wastewater treatment plants because they are not specifically designed for pharmaceutical removal. Several studies suggest diverse negative effects on aquatic life that are exposed to these trace amounts of pharmaceuticals in their habitats. Th...

Toxicity Evaluation of Wastewater Treatment Plant Effluents Using Daphnia magna

Toxicity evaluation is an important parameter in wastewater quality monitoring as it provides the complete response of test organisms to all compounds in wastewater. The water flea Daphnia magna straus is the most commonly used zooplankton in toxicological tests. The objective of this study was to evaluate the acute toxicity of effluents from different units of Isfahan Wastewater Treatment Plan...

PhACs in Wastewater Treatment Plant Effluents & Receiving Surface Waters

Expanding cities are shortening the lapse between the release of treated wastewater into the environment and the uptake by water drinking facilities. Even though wastewater treatment plants usually exceed current discharge standards, the presence of unregulated pollutants in these effluents is of concern (Petrovic et al., 2003). Unregulated contaminants, or emerging pollutants of concern (EPOCs...