This paper provides a comprehensive summary on modelling of micro-pollutants' (MPs) fate and transport in wastewater. It indicates the motivations of MP modelling and summarises and illustrates the current status. Finally, some recommendations are provided to improve and diffuse the use of such models. In brief, we conclude that, in order to predict the contaminant removal in centralised treatment works, considering the dramatic improvement in monitoring and detecting MPs in wastewater, more mechanistic approaches should be used to complement conventional, heuristic and other fate models. This is crucial, as regional risk assessments and model-based evaluations of pollution discharge from urban areas can potentially be used by decision makers to evaluate effluent quality regulation, and assess upgrading requirements, in the future.
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B. G. Plósz;
B. G. Plósz
1DTU Environment, Department of Environmental Engineering, Technical University of Denmark, Bygningstorvet, Building 115, DK-2800, Kgs. Lyngby, Denmark
10NIVA, Norwegian Institute for Water Research, Gaustadalléen 21, NO-0349, Oslo, Norway
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L. Benedetti;
2BIOMATH, Ghent University, Coupure links 653, B-9000, Ghent, Belgium
11WATERWAYS srl, Via del Ferrone 88, 50023 Impruneta (FI), Italy
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G. T. Daigger;
G. T. Daigger
3CH2M HILL, 9191 South Jamaica Street, Englewood, CO 80112, USA
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K. H. Langford;
K. H. Langford
10NIVA, Norwegian Institute for Water Research, Gaustadalléen 21, NO-0349, Oslo, Norway
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H. F. Larsen;
H. F. Larsen
4DTU Management Engineering, Technical University of Denmark, Nils Koppels Allé, Building 426D, DK-2800, Kgs. Lyngby, Denmark
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H. Monteith;
H. Monteith
5Hydromantis Environmental Software Solutions, Inc., 1 James Street S., Suite 1601, Hamilton, ON, L8P 4R5, Canada
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C. Ort;
C. Ort
6The University of Queensland, Advanced Water Management Centre (AWMC), QLD 4072, Australia
12Eawag, Swiss Federal Institute of Aquatic Science and Technology, Urban Water Management, CH-8600 Dübendorf, Switzerland
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R. Seth;
R. Seth
7Civil & Environmental Engineering, University of Windsor, 401 Sunset Avenue, Windsor, ON, N9B 3P4, Canada
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J.-P. Steyer;
J.-P. Steyer
8INRA, UR0050, Laboratoire de Biotechnologie de l'Environnement, Narbonne, F-11100, France
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P. A. Vanrolleghem
P. A. Vanrolleghem
9modelEAU, Département de génie civil et de génie des eaux, Université Laval, Pavillon Pouliot, 1065 av. de la Médecine, Québec QC, G1V 0A6, Canada
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Water Sci Technol (2013) 67 (1): 1–15.
Article history
Received:
December 13 2011
Accepted:
August 20 2012
Citation
B. G. Plósz, L. Benedetti, G. T. Daigger, K. H. Langford, H. F. Larsen, H. Monteith, C. Ort, R. Seth, J.-P. Steyer, P. A. Vanrolleghem; Modelling micro-pollutant fate in wastewater collection and treatment systems: status and challenges. Water Sci Technol 1 January 2013; 67 (1): 1–15. doi: https://doi.org/10.2166/wst.2012.562
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