Perspectives on modelling micropollutants in wastewater treatment plants | Perspectives d'amélioration des modèles d'épuration des micropolluants
2013
Clouzot, L. | Choubert, J.M. | Cloutier, F. | Goel, R. | Love, N.G. | Melcer, H. | Ort, C. | Patureau, Dominique | Plósz, B.G. | Pomies, Maxime | Vanrolleghem, P.A. | Université Laval [Québec] (ULaval) | Milieux aquatiques, écologie et pollutions (UR MALY) ; Institut national de recherche en sciences et technologies pour l'environnement et l'agriculture (IRSTEA) | HYDROMANTIS HAMILTON CAN ; Partenaires IRSTEA ; Institut national de recherche en sciences et technologies pour l'environnement et l'agriculture (IRSTEA)-Institut national de recherche en sciences et technologies pour l'environnement et l'agriculture (IRSTEA) | University of Michigan [Ann Arbor] ; University of Michigan System | Brown and Caldwell | Swiss Federal Institute of Aquatic Science and Technology [Dübendorf] (EAWAG) | Institut National de la Recherche Agronomique (INRA) | Laboratoire de Biotechnologie de l'Environnement [Narbonne] (LBE) ; Institut National de la Recherche Agronomique (INRA)-Institut national d’études supérieures agronomiques de Montpellier (Montpellier SupAgro) | Danmarks Tekniske Universitet = Technical University of Denmark (DTU) | Onema (French National Agency for Water and Aquatic Ecosystems); Canadian Water Network for the EC-2 project
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Show more [+] Less [-]English. Models for predicting the fate of micropollutants (MPs) in wastewater treatment plants (WWTPs) have been developed to provide engineers and decision-makers with tools that they can use to improve their understanding of, and evaluate how to optimize, the removal of MPs and determine their impact on the receiving waters. This paper provides an overview of such models, and discusses the impact of regulation, engineering practice and research on model development. A review of the current status of MP models reveals that a single model cannot represent the wide range of MPs that are present in wastewaters today, and that it is important to start considering classes of MPs based on their chemical structure or ecotoxicological effect, rather than the individual molecules. This paper identifies potential future research areas that comprise (i) considering transformation products in MP removal analysis, (ii) addressing advancements in WWTP treatment technologies, (iii) making use of common approaches to data acquisition for model calibration and (iv) integrating ecotoxicological effects of MPs in receiving waters.
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