Treatment options for reclaiming wastewater produced by the pesticide industry

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dc.contributor.authorGoodwin, Lindsey
dc.contributor.authorCarra, Irene
dc.contributor.authorCampo, Pablo
dc.contributor.authorSoares, Ana
dc.date.accessioned2018-11-06T12:59:43Z
dc.date.available2018-11-06T12:59:43Z
dc.date.issued2017-11-10
dc.description.abstractThe pesticide production industry generates a high strength wastewater containing a range of toxic pollutants (2,4-dichlorphenoxy acetic acid: 2,4-D; 4-(2,4-dichlorphenox) propionic acid: 2,4-DP; 4-(2,4-dichlorophenox) butyric acid: 2,4-DB; 2,4-dichlorophenol: 2,4-DCP; 2,4,6-trichlorophenol: 2,4,6-TCP; 4-chlororthocresol: PCOC; 4-chloro-2-methyl phenoxyacetic acid: MCPA, 4-(4-chloro-2-methylphenoxy) butyric acid: MCPB and 2-(4-chloro-2-methylphenoxy) propionic acid: MCPP). These pesticides can enter the natural environment and water sources if not removed in a wastewater treatment plant. Treated effluents are regulated by legislation such as the Water Framework Directive (WFD). Most studies found in literature focused on synthetic solutions, synthetic wastewater, at lab-scale or pilot-scale. Although these studies can provide information on the removal mechanisms and provide a comparison between process efficiency, they have limited practical applicability. The process that has been more widely used to treat high strength wastewaters rich in recalcitrant compounds at full-scale, is the combination of biological/granular activated carbon and granular activated carbon/biological processes. The pesticide production wastewater contains a variety of compounds, that can be removed by 80-90% using biological processes (such as membrane bioreactors) and granular activated carbon has been shown to selectively remove the pesticides, potentially creating a high quality effluent. Nevertheless, in order to assert processes design, efficiencies or costs, it is crucial to evaluate these processes experimentally.en_UK
dc.identifier.citationLindsey Goodwin, Irene Carra, Pablo Campo and Ana Soares. Treatment options for reclaiming wastewater produced by the pesticide industry. International Journal of Water and Wastewater Treatment, Volume 4, Issue 1, 2018en_UK
dc.identifier.issn2381-5299
dc.identifier.urihttps://doi.org/10.16966/2381-5299.149
dc.identifier.urihttp://dspace.lib.cranfield.ac.uk/handle/1826/13618
dc.language.isoenen_UK
dc.publisherSciforschen - Open HUB for Science Researchen_UK
dc.rightsAttribution 4.0 International*
dc.rights.urihttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/*
dc.titleTreatment options for reclaiming wastewater produced by the pesticide industryen_UK
dc.typeArticleen_UK

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