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Eliminating micropollutants – the path to cleaner water
Summary
This Czech study investigated photocatalytic degradation of pharmaceutical pollutants and sorption-based removal of microplastics from wastewater using natural sorbents as components of an advanced fourth-stage treatment process. The work explored the feasibility of incorporating these approaches into municipal wastewater treatment plants to meet increasingly stringent micropollutant removal requirements under EU regulations.
Water is one of the most valuable natural resources, but its quality is increasingly threatened by pollution from various anthropogenic activities. Significant sources of contamination include wastewater, which often contains micropollutants that are not sufficiently removed by conventional treatment technologies. This work focuses on the possibilities of using photocatalytic degradation of selected pharmaceutical pollutants and the elimination of microplastics by sorption on natural sorbents as part of an additional wastewater treatment stage.