Human Pharmaceuticals, Hormones and Fragrances: The challenge of micropollutants in urban water management
The entering of residues of pharmaceuticals and person care products in the environment is a challenge for urban water management. But the significance of the occurrence of these compounds in the water resources had not been established due to lack of measurements, fate (sorption, transformation) and ecotoxicological data. The POSEIDON project was introduced and supported by the European Union 5th Framework programme for research, under the Key Action “Water Management and Quality”, i) to establish European-wide data base about the residues of pharmaceuticals and person care products in the water resources, ii) to evaluate the possible risks they pose as well as the possibilities to prevent the contamination, and iii) to assess the optimal treatment technologies both for wastewater treatment and drinking water treatment processes.
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The issues in this article are addressed in Human Pharmaceuticals, Hormones and Fragrances:The Challenge of Micropollutants in Urban Water Management. The scientific content of this book is based on research from 2001 to 2005, and aims to contribute to the knowledge on how to deal with organic micropollutants in a world where (indirect) water reuse is getting more and more important to maintain the required water quantity for our society. It represents a survey of the principal aspects inherent to the discussion of appropriate solutions for improved prevention of the environmental and drinking water contamination as required for the benefit of the environment and human health requires understanding toxicological relevance as well as integrating options at the source and in consumer behaviour with removal technologies in water treatment.
- Comprehensive study on the assessment, fate and removal of pharmaceuticals and musk fragrances in wastewater and drinking water treatment
- Presents an overview on this topic that is highly relevant to current and planned research projects on both national and EU-wide levels
Book Chapters
- Introduction
- Consumption and Occurrence
- Analytical methods
- Environmental Risk Assessment
- Human and Animal Toxicology of water-borne Pharmaceuticals
- Wastewater treatment
- Removal of PPCP during drinking water treatment
- Indirect Potable reuse
- Source control, Source Separation
- Conclusion and Outlook
- Annex
