used in the trials described in Part 1 of this paper'. The sampling and analytical work was carried out by the Water Pollution Research Laboratory (WPRL) using the same methods as in the previous trial. An additional analytical method was required in these trials, however, for the determination of trace quantities of nonionics in the influent and effluent sewage streams. The WPRL employed the t...

The occurrence and estimated concentration of twenty illicit and therapeutic pharmaceuticals and metabolites in surface waters influenced by wastewater treatment plant (WWTP) discharge and in wastewater effluents in Nebraska were determined using Polar Organic Chemical Integrative Samplers (POCIS). Samplers were installed in rivers upstream and downstream of treated WWTP discharge at four sites...

Per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) have gained increasing attention due to the potential health risks that they present. Secondary sludge biosolids are known as notable PFAS emission routes environment. In this study, partitioning behavior of 14 were investigated across four secondary wastewater treatment types (activated sludge, trickling filter, biological nutrient removal, rotating c...

The surfactant linear alkylbenzenesulfonate (LAS; 0.5 mM) or linear monoalkyldiphenyletherdisulfonate (LADPEDS; 0.5 mM) in salts medium was easily degraded in laboratory trickling filters, whereas carbon-limited, aerobic enrichment cultures in suspended culture with the same inocula did not grow. We took portions of the trickling filters which degraded LADPEDS, shook the organisms from the soli...