Becoming of pharmaceutical rejections in urban wastewater

Abstract

Many scientific studies reveal the presence of pharmaceutical compounds in aquatic environments. Pharmaceutical industry and sewage are the main sources of these compounds in the receiving environments. In this study, we investigate the fate of a simultaneous release of three drugs (antifungal, antibiotic, and antihistamine) in municipal wastewaters. To achieve this objective, a set of physical and chemical analysis is carried out. The obtained results show that releasing individual and concurrent drugs have a direct impact on the quantity and the quality of different constituent materials of waste water.

Keywords:

• Wastewater
• Active sludge
• Biological treatment
• Drugs
• Simultaneous releases