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Project #1672

A Low-Energy Wastewater Treatment Process for Producing High Quality Reuse Water-Phase 2

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Completed
Principal Investigator
Eric
Marchand
Research Manager
Ms. Kristan VandenHeuvel
Contractor
University of Nevada, Reno
Advanced Treatment
Endocrine Disrupting Compounds, Pharmaceuticals & Personal Care Products (EDCs & PPCPs)
Reuse
Treatment
Final Report

Abstract

Conventional wastewater treatment plants do not effectively remove all pharmaceuticals and personal care products (PPCPs). As a result, some PPCPs enter the environment via treated wastewater discharge. Enzymatic treatment using the laccase-mediator system is a novel biochemical process that has been shown to effectively treat some PPCPs. The project investigates the efficacy of the laccase-mediator system to treat PPCPs using a process that can be easily implemented at an existing wastewater treatment plant.

Originally funded as WERF project Reuse-10-06.