| Evaluation of Behavior of Activated Sludge Systems Exposed to Acetaminophen and Sulfamethoxazole |
| 표준활성슬러지 공정의 Acetaminophen과 Sulfamethoxazole 노출에 대한 적응성 평가 |
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박재은1, 김민욱2, 이건주2, 백지원2, 이석기3 |
1한국기초과학지원연구원
2서울시립대학교
3우석대학교 |
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| Abstract |
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Since significant amounts of pharmaceuticals are discharged into sewer systems daily, their impacts on the biological process of a wastewater treatment system are becoming a cause of increasing public concern. In this study, therefore, two lab-scale activated sludge systems were constructed, and the impacts of influent pharmaceuticals on their performances were investigated. More specifically, one system was step-fed with 1 mg/ L acetaminophen and the other with 1 mg/L sulfamethoxazole. In the former case, the activated sludge system was slightly affected by the chemical in the initial phase. In the latter case, the system was severely affected, with effluent DOC and sulfamethoxazole concentrations exceeding over 40 and 800 mg/L, respectively. Nonetheless, both systems could degrade the pharmaceutical compounds when they were exposed for longer than 100 h. |
| Key Words:
Pharmaceuticals, Acetaminophene, Sulfamethoxazole, Wastewater treatment, DOC |
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