[Pharmwaste] Fate of Pharmaceutical and Personal Care Products in Irrigated Wastewater Effluent

[DeBiasi, Deborah (DEQ)]

TR- 052 Fate of Pharmaceutical and Personal Care Products in Irrigated Wastewater Effluent<http://www.istc.illinois.edu/info/library_docs/TR/TR052.pdf> / Loftus, Lucy; Jin, Guang; Armstrong, Shalamar; Bierma, Thomas; Walker, Paul; Zheng, Wei; Kelly, Walt. - Champaign, IL : Illinois Sustainable Technology Center, 2015. Download at http://hdl.handle.net/2142/73116 or http://istc.illinois.edu/info/library_docs/TR/TR052.pdf.
Abstract: The potential human and environmental health risks posed by pharmaceuticals and personal care products (PPCPs) have been identified as a research priority at both the federal and state level. It has been well documented that municipal wastewater treatment plants with surface discharge fail to remove many of these emerging contaminants; however, little research has been conducted to determine the capability of lagoon treatment systems to remove PPCPs or of organic-matter-rich clay loam soils to filter PPCPs and reduce surface water pollution. The objective of this study was to determine the fate and transport of selected pharmaceuticals in lagoon-treated wastewater effluent applied as cropland irrigation in Illinois. In this study, we were able to determine the presence of six of the seven priority PPCPs in lagoon-treated wastewater effluent; verify the absence of studied PPCPs in soil and well water prior to treatment; determine characteristics of cropland soil that may impact PPCP transport when wastewater irrigation begins; and conduct sorption isotherm studies to understand the sorption and desorption capabilities of field soils in Lexington, Illinois.



Deborah L. DeBiasi
Email:   Deborah.DeBiasi at deq.virginia.gov
WEB site address:  www.deq.virginia.gov<http://www.deq.virginia.gov/>
Virginia Department of Environmental Quality
Office of Water Permits
Industrial Pretreatment/Whole Effluent Toxicity (WET) Program
PPCPs, EDCs, and Microconstituents
http://www.deq.virginia.gov/Programs/Water/PermittingCompliance/PollutionDischargeElimination/Microconstituents.aspx
Mail:          P.O. Box 1105, Richmond, VA  23218
Location:  629 E. Main Street, Richmond, VA  23219
PH:         804-698-4028      FAX:      804-698-4032

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