Occurrence and fate of microplastics at two different drinking water treatment plants within a river catchment

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Výsledek na webu

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DOI - Digital Object Identifier

<a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.scitotenv.2020.140236" target="_blank" >10.1016/j.scitotenv.2020.140236</a>

Jazyk výsledku

angličtina

Název v původním jazyce

Occurrence and fate of microplastics at two different drinking water treatment plants within a river catchment

Popis výsledku v původním jazyce

Microplastics (MPs) are emerging globally distributed pollutants of aquatic environments, and little is known about their fate at drinking water treatment plants (DWTPs), which provide a barrier preventing MPs from entering water for human consumption. This study investigated MPs ≥ 1 μm in raw and treated water of two DWTPs that both lie on the same river, but the local quality ofwater and the treatment technology applied differ. In the case of the more complex DWTP, MPs were analysed at 4 additional sampling sites along the treatment chain. The content of MPs varied greatly between the DWTPs. There were 23 ± 2 and 14 ± 1 MPs L−1 in raw and treated water, respectively, at one DWTP, and 1296 ± 35 and 151 ± 4 MPs L−1 at the other. Nevertheless, MPs comprised only a minor proportion (b0.02%) of all detected particles at both DWTPs. With regard to size and shape of MPs, the majority (N70%) were smaller than 10 μm, and only fragments and fibres were found, while fragments clearly prevailed. The most frequently occurring materials were cellulose acetate, polyethylene terephthalate, polyvinyl chloride, polyethylene, and polypropylene. Much higher total removal of MPs was achieved at the DWTP with a higher initial MP load and more complicated treatment (removal of 88% versus 40%), coagulation-flocculation-sedimentation, deep-bed filtration through clay-based material, and granular activated carbon filtration contributed to MP elimination by 62%, 20%, and 6%, respectively. Additionally, results from this more complex DWTP enabled to observe relationships between the removal efficiency and size and shape of MPs, particularly in the case of the filtration steps.

Název v anglickém jazyce

Occurrence and fate of microplastics at two different drinking water treatment plants within a river catchment

Popis výsledku anglicky

Microplastics (MPs) are emerging globally distributed pollutants of aquatic environments, and little is known about their fate at drinking water treatment plants (DWTPs), which provide a barrier preventing MPs from entering water for human consumption. This study investigated MPs ≥ 1 μm in raw and treated water of two DWTPs that both lie on the same river, but the local quality ofwater and the treatment technology applied differ. In the case of the more complex DWTP, MPs were analysed at 4 additional sampling sites along the treatment chain. The content of MPs varied greatly between the DWTPs. There were 23 ± 2 and 14 ± 1 MPs L−1 in raw and treated water, respectively, at one DWTP, and 1296 ± 35 and 151 ± 4 MPs L−1 at the other. Nevertheless, MPs comprised only a minor proportion (b0.02%) of all detected particles at both DWTPs. With regard to size and shape of MPs, the majority (N70%) were smaller than 10 μm, and only fragments and fibres were found, while fragments clearly prevailed. The most frequently occurring materials were cellulose acetate, polyethylene terephthalate, polyvinyl chloride, polyethylene, and polypropylene. Much higher total removal of MPs was achieved at the DWTP with a higher initial MP load and more complicated treatment (removal of 88% versus 40%), coagulation-flocculation-sedimentation, deep-bed filtration through clay-based material, and granular activated carbon filtration contributed to MP elimination by 62%, 20%, and 6%, respectively. Additionally, results from this more complex DWTP enabled to observe relationships between the removal efficiency and size and shape of MPs, particularly in the case of the filtration steps.

Druh

J_imp - Článek v periodiku v databázi Web of Science

CEP obor

—

OECD FORD obor

10511 - Environmental sciences (social aspects to be 5.7)

Projekt

—

Návaznosti

I - Institucionalni podpora na dlouhodoby koncepcni rozvoj vyzkumne organizace

Rok uplatnění

2020

Kód důvěrnosti údajů

S - Úplné a pravdivé údaje o projektu nepodléhají ochraně podle zvláštních právních předpisů

Název periodika

Science of the Total Environment

ISSN

0048-9697

e-ISSN

—

Svazek periodika

741

Číslo periodika v rámci svazku

November

Stát vydavatele periodika

NL - Nizozemsko

Počet stran výsledku

11

Strana od-do

140236

Kód UT WoS článku

000568813100015

EID výsledku v databázi Scopus

2-s2.0-85086895917