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Fate and mass balance of 13 kinds of endocrine disrupting chemicals in a sewage treatment plant

  • Xiao Ling Shao*
  • , Jun Ma
  • *Corresponding author for this work
  • Harbin Institute of Technology

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Abstract

Solid phase extraction (SPE)/high performance liquid chromatography (HPLC) was employed to simultaneously determine 13 kinds of interested endocrine disrupting chemicals (EDCs) in the wastewater taken from a sewage treatment plant (STP) of Harbin, China. Results show that the concentrations of estriol, estrone, dimethyl phthalate (DMP) and 4-tert-octylphenol (4-t-OP) increase in the primary sedimentation effluent, comparing to that in its influent. The removal rates of EDCs range from 70% to 96% in the STP, but not for 17α-ethynylestradiol (EE2) (60.4%) and diethylstilbestrol (51.3%). Studies indicate that most of the EDCs partition dominantly in aquatic phase except for dibutyl phthalate, di-(2-ethylhexyl) phthalate, 4-t-OP, branched nonylphenol and 4-n-nonylphenol. The mass balance was carried out for evaluating the ability of the secondary treatment process to remove EDCs. It turns out that the removals obtained from biodegradation range from 4.2% (EE2) to 91.8% (DMP). In the meantime, the removals achieved by excess activated sludge range from 0.5% (bisphenol A) to 45.2% (EE2).

Original languageEnglish
Title of host publication3rd International Conference on Bioinformatics and Biomedical Engineering, iCBBE 2009
DOIs
StatePublished - 2009
Event3rd International Conference on Bioinformatics and Biomedical Engineering, iCBBE 2009 - Beijing, China
Duration: 11 Jun 200913 Jun 2009

Publication series

Name3rd International Conference on Bioinformatics and Biomedical Engineering, iCBBE 2009

Conference

Conference3rd International Conference on Bioinformatics and Biomedical Engineering, iCBBE 2009
Country/TerritoryChina
CityBeijing
Period11/06/0913/06/09

Keywords

  • Endocrine disrupting chemicals
  • Mass balance
  • Sewage treatment plant

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