1. Modelling micro-pollutant fate in wastewater collection and treatment systems: status and challenges
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Benedek G. Plósz, Katherine Langford, Christoph Ort, Peter A. Vanrolleghem, Henrik Fred Larsen, Glen T. Daigger, Lorenzo Benedetti, Rajesh Seth, h. Monteith, Jean-Philippe Steyer, Technical University of Denmark [Lyngby] (DTU), Norwegian Institute for Water Research (NIVA), Universiteit Gent = Ghent University [Belgium] (UGENT), CH2M Hill Inc, Partenaires INRAE, Hydromantis Environm Software Solut Inc, Central Queensland University (CQU), Urban Water Management, Swiss Federal institute of aquatic science and technology, University of Windsor [Ca], 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), Institut national d'enseignement supérieur pour l'agriculture, l'alimentation et l'environnement (Institut Agro)-Institut national d'enseignement supérieur pour l'agriculture, l'alimentation et l'environnement (Institut Agro), Dept Genie Civil & Genie Eaux, ModelEAU, Université Laval [Québec] (ULaval), Norwegian Research Council [SIP-ES243159], Norwegian Institute for Water Research, NIVA [O10091], NSERC, and European Union [036845, SUSTDEV-2005-3.H.3.2]
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Environmental Engineering ,trace chemicals ,Adsorption desorption ,[SDV]Life Sciences [q-bio] ,media_common.quotation_subject ,0207 environmental engineering ,02 engineering and technology ,010501 environmental sciences ,parent chemical retransformation ,01 natural sciences ,Risk Assessment ,Waste Disposal, Fluid ,Xenobiotics ,Bioreactors ,risk assessment and regulations ,Environmental monitoring ,media_common.cataloged_instance ,Quality (business) ,Anaerobiosis ,European Union ,European union ,Cities ,020701 environmental engineering ,Environmental planning ,0105 earth and related environmental sciences ,Water Science and Technology ,media_common ,Pollutant ,Environmental engineering ,Models, Theoretical ,6. Clean water ,biotransformation and cometabolism ,Wastewater ,13. Climate action ,sorption-desorption ,[SDE]Environmental Sciences ,North America ,Environmental science ,Risk assessment ,Water Pollutants, Chemical ,Waste disposal ,Environmental Monitoring - Abstract
International audience; This paper provides a comprehensive summary on modelling of micro-pollutants' (MPs) fate and transport in wastewater. It indicates the motivations of MP modelling and summarises and illustrates the current status. Finally, some recommendations are provided to improve and diffuse the use of such models. In brief, we conclude that, in order to predict the contaminant removal in centralised treatment works, considering the dramatic improvement in monitoring and detecting MPs in wastewater, more mechanistic approaches should be used to complement conventional, heuristic and other fate models. This is crucial, as regional risk assessments and model-based evaluations of pollution discharge from urban areas can potentially be used by decision makers to evaluate effluent quality regulation, and assess upgrading requirements, in the future.
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- 2012
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