RT Journal Article
T1 Electrochemical Technologies to Decrease the Chemical Risk ofHospital Wastewater and Urine
A1 Moratalla, Ángela
A1 Cotillas Soriano, Salvador
A1 Lacasa, Engracia
A1 Cañizares, Pablo C.
A1 Rodrigo, Manuel A.
A1 Sáez, Cristina
AB The inefficiency of conventional biological processes to remove pharmaceutical compounds (PhCs) in wastewater is leading to their accumulation in aquatic environments. These compounds are characterized by high toxicity, high antibiotic activity and low biodegradability, and their presence is causing serious environmental risks. Because much of the PhCs consumed by humans are excreted in the urine, hospital effluents have been considered one of the main routes of entry of PhCs into the environment. In this work, a critical review of the technologies employed for the removal of PhCs in hospital wastewater was carried out. This review provides an overview of the current state of the developed technologies for decreasing the chemical risks associated with the presence of PhCs in hospital wastewater or urine in the last years, including conventional treatments (filtration, adsorption, or biological processes), advanced oxidation processes (AOPs) and electrochemical advanced oxidation processes (EAOPs).
PB MDPI
SN 1420-3049
YR 2021
FD 2021
LK https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.14352/7459
UL https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.14352/7459
LA eng
NO Ministerio de Ciencia, Innovación
NO Ministerio de Ciencia e Innovación
DS Docta Complutense
RD 15 sept 2024