Effects of effluent organic matter characteristics on the removal of bulk organic matter and selected pharmaceutically active compounds during managed aquifer recharge: Column study

Authors
Maeng, Sung KyuSharma, Saroj K.Abel, Chol D. T.Magic-Knezev, AleksandraSong, Kyung-GuenAmy, Gary L.
Issue Date
2012-10
Publisher
ELSEVIER
Citation
JOURNAL OF CONTAMINANT HYDROLOGY, v.140, pp.139 - 149
Abstract
Soil column experiments were conducted to investigate the effects of effluent organic matter (EfOM) characteristics on the removal of bulk organic matter (OM) and pharmaceutically active compounds (PhACs) during managed aquifer recharge (MAR) treatment processes. The fate of bulk OM and PhACs during an MAR is important to assess post-treatment requirements. Biodegradable OM from EfOM, originating from biological wastewater treatment, was effectively removed during soil passage. Based on a fluorescence excitation-emission matrix (F-EEM) analysis of wastewater effluent-dominated (WWE-dom) surface water (SW), protein-like substances, i.e., biopolymers, were removed more favorably than fluorescent humic-like substances under oxic compared to anoxic conditions. However, there was no preferential removal of biopolymers or humic substances, determined as dissolved organic carbon (DOC) observed via liquid chromatography with online organic carbon detection (LC-OCD) analysis. Most of the selected PhACs exhibited removal efficiencies of greater than 90% in both SW and WWE-dom SW. However, the removal efficiencies of bezafibrate, diclofenac and gemfibrozil were relatively low in WWE-dom SW, which contained more biodegradable OM than did SW (copiotrophic metabolism). Based on this study, low biodegradable fractions such as humic substances in MR may have enhanced the degradation of diclofenac, gemfibrozil and bezafibrate by inducing an oligotrophic microbial community via long term starvation. Both carbamazepine and clofibric acid showed persistent behaviors and were not influenced by EfOM. (C) 2012 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.
Keywords
WASTE-WATER EFFLUENT; SIZE-EXCLUSION CHROMATOGRAPHY; BANK FILTRATION; RIVERBANK FILTRATION; GROUNDWATER RECHARGE; TREATMENT PLANTS; DRINKING-WATER; FATE; RESIDUES; CARBON; WASTE-WATER EFFLUENT; SIZE-EXCLUSION CHROMATOGRAPHY; BANK FILTRATION; RIVERBANK FILTRATION; GROUNDWATER RECHARGE; TREATMENT PLANTS; DRINKING-WATER; FATE; RESIDUES; CARBON; Effluent organic matter; Managed aquifer recharge; Pharmaceutically active compounds; Redox conditions
ISSN
0169-7722
URI
https://pubs.kist.re.kr/handle/201004/128827
DOI
10.1016/j.jconhyd.2012.08.005
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