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Solutions to microplastic pollution – Removal of microplastics from wastewater effluent with advanced wastewater treatment technologies
Water Research2017
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Outi Setälä
Julia Talvitie,
Outi Setälä
Julia Talvitie,
Julia Talvitie,
Arto Koistinen,
Julia Talvitie,
Julia Talvitie,
Julia Talvitie,
Julia Talvitie,
Julia Talvitie,
Julia Talvitie,
Outi Setälä
Outi Setälä
Outi Setälä
Outi Setälä
Outi Setälä
Outi Setälä
Julia Talvitie,
Outi Setälä
Outi Setälä
Outi Setälä
Anna Mikola,
Outi Setälä
Anna Mikola,
Arto Koistinen,
Outi Setälä
Outi Setälä
Julia Talvitie,
Arto Koistinen,
Julia Talvitie,
Outi Setälä
Julia Talvitie,
Arto Koistinen,
Arto Koistinen,
Julia Talvitie,
Outi Setälä
Arto Koistinen,
Arto Koistinen,
Arto Koistinen,
Outi Setälä
Outi Setälä
Outi Setälä
Outi Setälä
Outi Setälä
Outi Setälä
Outi Setälä
Outi Setälä
Outi Setälä
Outi Setälä
Julia Talvitie,
Arto Koistinen,
Outi Setälä
Arto Koistinen,
Arto Koistinen,
Anna Mikola,
Outi Setälä
Anna Mikola,
Anna Mikola,
Anna Mikola,
Anna Mikola,
Anna Mikola,
Arto Koistinen,
Arto Koistinen,
Arto Koistinen,
Outi Setälä
Outi Setälä
Outi Setälä
Arto Koistinen,
Julia Talvitie,
Arto Koistinen,
Julia Talvitie,
Arto Koistinen,
Julia Talvitie,
Arto Koistinen,
Arto Koistinen,
Arto Koistinen,
Arto Koistinen,
Arto Koistinen,
Julia Talvitie,
Julia Talvitie,
Julia Talvitie,
Arto Koistinen,
Anna Mikola,
Arto Koistinen,
Julia Talvitie,
Arto Koistinen,
Julia Talvitie,
Arto Koistinen,
Outi Setälä
Julia Talvitie,
Julia Talvitie,
Julia Talvitie,
Outi Setälä
Arto Koistinen,
Arto Koistinen,
Julia Talvitie,
Arto Koistinen,
Outi Setälä
Julia Talvitie,
Julia Talvitie,
Arto Koistinen,
Arto Koistinen,
Arto Koistinen,
Arto Koistinen,
Arto Koistinen,
Arto Koistinen,
Arto Koistinen,
Julia Talvitie,
Arto Koistinen,
Arto Koistinen,
Julia Talvitie,
Arto Koistinen,
Julia Talvitie,
Julia Talvitie,
Julia Talvitie,
Julia Talvitie,
Arto Koistinen,
Outi Setälä
Arto Koistinen,
Outi Setälä
Summary
This study reviewed solutions for removing microplastics from wastewater effluents, comparing physical, chemical, and biological treatment approaches and identifying the most promising technologies for preventing microplastic discharge into receiving waters.
Study Type
Environmental
Conventional wastewater treatment with primary and secondary treatment processes efficiently remove microplastics (MPs) from the wastewater. Despite the efficient removal, final effluents can act as entrance route of MPs, given the large volumes constantly discharged into the aquatic environments. This study investigated the removal of MPs from effluent in four different municipal wastewater treatment plants utilizing different advanced final-stage treatment technologies. The study included membrane bioreactor treating primary effluent and different tertiary treatment technologies (discfilter, rapid sand filtration and dissolved air flotation) treating secondary effluent. The MBR removed 99.9% of MPs during the treatment (from 6.9 to 0.005 MP L<sup>-1</sup>), rapid sand filter 97% (from 0.7 to 0.02 MP L<sup>-1</sup>), dissolved air flotation 95% (from 2.0 to 0.1 MP L<sup>-1</sup>) and discfilter 40-98.5% (from 0.5 - 2.0 to 0.03-0.3 MP L<sup>-1</sup>) of the MPs during the treatment. Our study shows that with advanced final-stage wastewater treatment technologies WWTPs can substantially reduce the MP pollution discharged from wastewater treatment plants into the aquatic environments.