PMID- 18776635
OWN - NLM
STAT- MEDLINE
DCOM- 20090126
LR  - 20181201
IS  - 0273-1223 (Print)
IS  - 0273-1223 (Linking)
VI  - 58
IP  - 4
DP  - 2008
TI  - Removal of endocrine disrupter compounds from municipal wastewater by an 
      innovative biological technology.
PG  - 953-6
LID - 10.2166/wst.2008.711 [doi]
AB  - The removal of selected endocrine disrupter compounds (EDCs), namely estrone(E1), 
      17beta-estradiol (E2), 17alpha-ethynylestradiol (EE2), bisphenol A (BPA) and 
      4-tert-octylphenol (4t-OP) from municipal wastewater was investigated using a 
      sequencing batch biofilter granular reactor (SBBGR), a new system for biological 
      treatment based on aerobic granular biomass. This new biological treatment is 
      characterized by high biomass concentration (up to 40 g/L), high sludge retention 
      times (up to 6 months) and low sludge production (i.e., an order of magnitude 
      lower than commonly reported for conventional biological technologies). The 
      investigation was carried out comparing a demonstration SBBGR system with a 
      conventional full-scale activated sludge process. Results showed that the SBBGR 
      performed better than a conventional activated sludge process in removing E1, E2, 
      BPA and 4t-OP. In fact, the average removal percentages of the above mentioned 
      EDCs, obtained during a four month operating period, were 62.2, 68, 91.8, 77.9% 
      and 56.4, 36.3, 71.3, 64.6% for the demonstrative SBBGR system and the 
      conventional activated sludge process of the municipal sewage treatment plant, 
      respectively.
CI  - Copyright IWA Publishing 2008.
FAU - Balest, L
AU  - Balest L
AD  - Istituto di Ricerca Sulle Acque C.N.R, Bari, Italy.
FAU - Mascolo, G
AU  - Mascolo G
FAU - Di Iaconi, C
AU  - Di Iaconi C
FAU - Lopez, A
AU  - Lopez A
LA  - eng
PT  - Journal Article
PL  - England
TA  - Water Sci Technol
JT  - Water science and technology : a journal of the International Association on 
      Water Pollution Research
JID - 9879497
RN  - 0 (Endocrine Disruptors)
RN  - 2DI9HA706A (Estrone)
RN  - 423D2T571U (Ethinyl Estradiol)
RN  - 4TI98Z838E (Estradiol)
SB  - IM
MH  - Aerobiosis
MH  - Biodegradation, Environmental
MH  - Bioreactors/microbiology
MH  - Cities
MH  - Endocrine Disruptors/*isolation & purification
MH  - Estradiol/isolation & purification
MH  - Estrone/isolation & purification
MH  - Ethinyl Estradiol/isolation & purification
MH  - Waste Disposal, Fluid/*methods
MH  - Water Purification/*methods
EDAT- 2008/09/09 09:00
MHDA- 2009/01/27 09:00
CRDT- 2008/09/09 09:00
PHST- 2008/09/09 09:00 [pubmed]
PHST- 2009/01/27 09:00 [medline]
PHST- 2008/09/09 09:00 [entrez]
AID - 10.2166/wst.2008.711 [doi]
PST - ppublish
SO  - Water Sci Technol. 2008;58(4):953-6. doi: 10.2166/wst.2008.711.