Technologies for Removing PPCPs

Most reports that document the removal of PPCPs during the treatment of waste-water or sewage are based on measurements of the concentration in the influent and effluent (Ternes, 1998). Based on such studies, it is generally apparent that the average elimination of PPCPs from such environmental matrices can be quite variable not only between different compounds but also within the same compound when present in different matrices. Such tremendous differences in the removal of PPCPs are not entirely surprising as these compounds are quite heterogeneous in 

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Ultrafiltration also has a fair to excellent track record of removing organic and inorganic constituents, although data about its performance are not as extensive. These and other related technologies are discussed in detail below, with specific reference to the treatment of wastewater to remove the nontraditional contaminants in the form of PPCPs. However, the accompanying text is not intended to be an exhaustive treatise on wastewater treatment, a subject for which interested parties are referred to more appropriate textbooks. 

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