Advanced Oxidation Processes for the Elimination of Drugs Resisting Biological Membrane Treatment

• Published in: Ozone: science & engineering Vol. 32; no. 5; pp. 305 - 312
• Main Authors: José, H. J., Gebhardt, W., Moreira, R.F.P.M., Pinnekamp, J., Schröder, H. Fr
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Philadelphia, PA Taylor & Francis Group 01-09-2010; Taylor & Francis
• Subjects: Advanced Oxidation Processes (AOP); Applied sciences; Biological; Biological Wastewater Treatment; Degradation Products; Drugs; Exact sciences and technology; General purification processes; Mass and Tandem Mass Spectrometry; Membranes; Oxidation; Ozone; Pharmaceuticals (Polar); Pollution; Wastewaters; Water treatment and pollution; Drug; Hydrogen peroxide; Degradation Products; Ozone; Mass and Tandem Mass Spectrometry; Waste water; Pollutant; Membrane reactor; Bioreactor; Ultraviolet radiation; Surveillance; Mass spectrometry MS/MS; Advanced Oxidation Processes (AOP); Pharmaceuticals (Polar); Urban waste water; Oxidation; Biological treatment; Waste water purification; Degradation product; Biological Wastewater Treatment
• ISSN: 0191-9512; 1547-6545
• DOI: 10.1080/01919512.2010.508194

The recalcitrant pharmaceutical compounds carbamazepine, clofibric acid, diazepam, and diclofenac were monitored in municipal wastewater by ESI-LC-MS and -MS-MS in positive and negative mode. Although biological treatment by conventional and membrane bioreactor failed, the advanced oxidation methods using ozone (O
3
), O
3
/UV or hydrogen peroxide in combination with UV (H
2
O
2
/UV), successfully achieved their complete elimination. Target compounds could be confirmed as permanently present pollutants in Aachen-Soers wastewater in concentrations between 0.006 and 1.9 μg L
−1
prior to AOP treatment resulting in a complete elimination.