Water treatment plants and pharmaceutical residues in Catalonia and Italy Authors Mira Petrovic 1. Catalan Institute for Water Research (ICRA), Technological Park of the University of Girona, Girona, Catalonia. 2. Institució Catalana de Recerca i Estudis Avançats (ICREA), Barcelona, Catalonia. Paola Verlicchi Department of Engineering University of Ferrara Keywords: pharmaceutical residues, surface water, wastewater, water treatment plants Abstract This study analyses the occurrence of commonly administered pharmaceuticals in urban and treated wastewater and surface waters in Catalonia and Italy, reviewing recently published investigations. The reported removal efficiencies in common municipal wastewater treatment plants are also discussed and the pharmaceutical load discharged after these treatments are analysed. Finally, the environmental risk posed by the presence of some of these compounds in surface water is discussed, and a case study highlighting the issue of pharmaceutical residues in the environment is presented. [Contrib Sci 10:135-150 (2014)] Downloads PDF Issue Vol. 10 No. 2 (2014) Section Article License This work is subject, unless the contrary is indicated in the text, the photographs or in other illustrations, to an Attribution —Non-Commercial— No Derivative Works 3.0 Creative Commons License, the full text of which can be consulted at http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/3.0/. You are free to share, copy, distribute and transmit the work provided that the author is credited and reuse of the material is restricted to non-commercial purposes only and that no derivative works are created from the original material.
