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Seasonal variation and removal efficiency of microplastics in wastewater treatment: a year-long study across three municipal water reclamation plants

Environmental Science Water Research & Technology 2025 2 citations ? Citation count from OpenAlex, updated daily. May differ slightly from the publisher's own count.
Sirajum Monira, Linhua Fan, William McCance, Rajeev Roychand, Muhammed A. Bhuiyan, Kalpit Shah, Michael B. Thomas, Biplob Kumar Pramanik

Summary

A year-long study across three municipal water reclamation plants found significant seasonal variation in microplastic concentrations and removal efficiencies, with effective but incomplete removal leaving residual microplastics in effluent that posed low to medium ecological risks to receiving water bodies.

Study Type Environmental

This study investigates the seasonal variations and removal efficiency of microplastics (MPs) in the wastewater of three water reclamation plants. Despite effective removal, MPs were still found in the effluent, posing low to medium ecological risks.

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