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Microplastics in River Sediments Nearby to a Sewage Treatment Plant: Extraction, Processing and Characterization Assessment

Lecture notes in civil engineering 2023 1 citation ? Citation count from OpenAlex, updated daily. May differ slightly from the publisher's own count.
Jaswant Singh, Brijesh Kumar Yadav

Summary

Researchers developed and assessed methods for extracting, processing, and characterizing microplastics from river sediments near a sewage treatment plant, documenting pollution levels and particle characteristics. Rivers act as both sinks and transport corridors for microplastics from wastewater discharge, making robust sediment sampling methods essential for tracking pollution sources and protecting downstream aquatic food webs.

Study Type Environmental

Microplastic pollution is an emerging concern for the aquatic environments as it has been reported in many rivers, lakes, reservoirs and aquatic organisms around the globe. Rivers behave as a temporary sink for microplastics and also serve as a medium through which...

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