Which type of pollutants need to be controlled with priority in wastewater treatment plants: Traditional or emerging pollutants?

Although wastewater treatment plants (WWTPs) can purify wastewater, they also discharge numerous contaminants into the environment through effluent discharge and sludge disposal. The occurrence, emission flux, and risk assessment of traditional pollutants (e.g., heavy metals [HMs]), and emerging pol...

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Main Authors: Yunqiao Zhou, Jing Meng, Meng Zhang, Shuqin Chen, Bo He, Hui Zhao, Qifeng Li, Sheng Zhang, Tieyu Wang
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2019-10-01
Series:Environment International
Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0160412019311699