Evaluation of the presence of emerging contaminants in a municipal wastewater treatment plant in Durango, Mexico
This study aimed to evaluate the presence and behavior of a group of emerging contaminants throughout a municipal wastewater treatment plant (WWTP) in Durango, Mexico. Nine out of thirteen emerging contaminants and some wastewater quality parameters were almost completely (100 %) removed in the secondary process. However, emerging contaminants such as DEET ( N, N -diethyl- meta -toluamide), ciprofloxacin, and triclosan were not removed with average residual effluent concentrations of 1.96, 1.33, and 0.75 ng/L in the sampling campaigns performed, indicating that the WWTP does not have the capacity to remove all emerging contaminants, which may represent a potential risk to the regional environment.
Authors
- Alexis Rubén Bracamontes-Ruelas (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0504-3002)
- Jesús Bernardino Velázquez-Fernández (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4747-812X)
- Liliana Reynoso-Cuevas (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8736-8374)
- Yolanda Reyes‐Vidal (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1922-0217)
- Jacobo Rodríguez-Campos (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6015-7881)
- Diana Ibarra-Rodríguez
Institutions
- Secretaría de Salud de Jalisco (MX)
- Centro de Investigación en Materiales Avanzados (MX)
- Center of Research and Technologic Development in Electrochemistry (MX)
- Instituto Politécnico Nacional (MX)
- Centro de Investigación y de Estudios Avanzados del Instituto Politécnico Nacional (MX)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Case Studies in Chemical and Environmental Engineering
- Published
- 2025-04-01
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cscee.2025.101218
- Citations
- 3
- Primary Topic
- Pharmaceutical and Antibiotic Environmental Impacts
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 1.51