Combined Physical and Biological Removal of Antihypertensive Pharmaceuticals from Wastewater: A Case Study from Selected WWTPs
Antihypertensive drugs exhibit high resistance and low biodegradability, which leads to their insufficient removal in conventional treatment processes. This study focuses on the removal of selected pharmaceuticals from wastewater using physical–biological methods. These methods included pretreatment by an electrostatic field and biodegradation by a mixed culture of Rhodococcus bacteria.
Authors
- Tomáš Sezima (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0258-6511)
- Martina Ujházy (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3735-780X)
- Radmila Kučerová (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7242-5743)
- Nikola Drahorádová (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8181-197X)
- Adéla Příhodová (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0009-0145-4710)
Institutions
- VSB - Technical University of Ostrava (CZ)
- T. G. Masaryk Water Research Institute (CZ)
Publication Details
- Published
- 2025-12-03
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.3390/engproc2025116028
- Primary Topic
- Pharmaceutical and Antibiotic Environmental Impacts
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00
Funders
- Ostravská Univerzita v Ostravě