University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign

Pilot Study on PPCPs at Champaign and Urbana Wastewater Treatment Plants (WWTPs)

Zheng, Wei; Meschewski, Elizabeth; Holm, Nancy

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Title
Pilot Study on PPCPs at Champaign and Urbana Wastewater Treatment Plants (WWTPs)
Author(s)
  • Zheng, Wei
  • Meschewski, Elizabeth
  • Holm, Nancy
Issue Date
2013
Keyword(s)
  • Pharmaceuticals -- Environmental aspects
  • Personal care products -- Environmental aspects
  • Sewage plants
Geographic Coverage
  • Champaign, Illinois
  • Urbana, Illinois
Abstract
Two important sources of PPCPs and hormones in the environment are municipal/industrial wastewater treatment plants (WWTPs) and concentrated animal feeding operations (CAFOs). WWTPs cannot completely eliminate all PPCPs and hormones, resulting in their discharge into the environment with effluent, while CAFO water is not required to undergo advanced treatment before it is reused. In spring 2013, Dr. Wei Zheng, senior research scientist at ISTC, and his team began investigating the concentrations and occurrence of 16 PPCPs and hormones at the Champaign and Urbana WWTPs to establish baseline information for the area.
Publisher
Champaign, IL : Illinois Sustainable Technology Center
Series/Report Name or Number
Pollutants -- PPCPs in the Environment
Type of Resource
text
Language
en
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http://hdl.handle.net/2142/106039
Sponsor(s)/Grant Number(s)
Illinois Hazardous Waste Research Fund

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