Fluoroquinolone antibiotics: an emerging class of environmental micropollutants

X Van Doorslaer, J Dewulf, H Van Langenhove… - Science of the Total …, 2014 - Elsevier
The aim of this review paper is to provide a comprehensive overview of different chemical
and environmental aspects concerning fluoroquinolone antibiotics as emerging …

Dissolved effluent organic matter: characteristics and potential implications in wastewater treatment and reuse applications

I Michael-Kordatou, C Michael, X Duan, X He… - Water Research, 2015 - Elsevier
Wastewater reuse is currently considered globally as the most critical element of sustainable
water management. The dissolved effluent organic matter (dE f OM) present in biologically …

EU-wide monitoring survey on emerging polar organic contaminants in wastewater treatment plant effluents

R Loos, R Carvalho, DC António, S Comero, G Locoro… - Water research, 2013 - Elsevier
In the year 2010, effluents from 90 European wastewater treatment plants (WWTPs) were
analyzed for 156 polar organic chemical contaminants. The analyses were complemented …

Emerging contaminants in soil and water

HK Bayabil, FT Teshome, YC Li - Frontiers in Environmental Science, 2022 - frontiersin.org
The global population increase puts tremendous pressure on the already dwindling natural
resources such as soil and freshwater. Healthy and productive soils as well as the …

Occurrence and behavior of pesticides in wastewater treatment plants and their environmental impact

M Köck-Schulmeyer, M Villagrasa, ML de Alda… - Science of the total …, 2013 - Elsevier
Reports on pesticides elimination during wastewater treatment are rare since these
substances are typically considered of agricultural rather than of urban origin. In this context …

Emerging contaminants in wastewater, stormwater runoff, and surface water: Application as chemical markers for diffuse sources

NH Tran, M Reinhard, E Khan, H Chen… - Science of the Total …, 2019 - Elsevier
Diffuse sources of pollution such as sewer leakages, sewer overflows, illicit discharges and
stormwater runoff affect the urban surface water quality but often remain unknown …

Analysis and advanced oxidation treatment of a persistent pharmaceutical compound in wastewater and wastewater sludge-carbamazepine

DP Mohapatra, SK Brar, RD Tyagi, P Picard… - Science of the Total …, 2014 - Elsevier
Pharmaceutically active compounds (PhACs) are considered as emerging environmental
problem due to their continuous input and persistence to the aquatic ecosystem even at low …

Pesticide monitoring in the basin of Llobregat River (Catalonia, Spain) and comparison with historical data

A Masiá, J Campo, A Navarro-Ortega, D Barceló… - Science of the Total …, 2015 - Elsevier
Through an extensive sampling in the Llobregat River basin, the presence of 50 currently
used pesticides in water, sediment, and biota was assessed. Pesticides were detected …

Occurrence and removal efficiency of pesticides in sewage treatment plants of four Mediterranean River Basins

J Campo, A Masiá, C Blasco, Y Picó - Journal of hazardous materials, 2013 - Elsevier
Removal of contaminants in the sewage treatment plants (STPs) can be incomplete causing
their release to the environment. In this paper, the results of an extensive survey on more …

The occurrence of antibiotic resistance genes in a Mediterranean river and their persistence in the riverbed sediment

W Calero-Cáceres, J Méndez, J Martín-Díaz… - Environmental …, 2017 - Elsevier
The spread of antibiotic resistance genes (ARGs) in the environment is a serious concern.
Bacterial ARGs can spread via different mobile genetic elements as phage particles, which …