Evaluation of the presence of emerging contaminants in a municipal wastewater treatment plant in Durango, Mexico
Year: 2025
Type: article
Abstract: 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.
Institutions: Centro de Investigación en Materiales Avanzados, Centro de Investigación y Asistencia en Tecnología y Diseño del Estado de Jalisco, Secretaría de Ciencia, Humanidades, Tecnología e Innovación, Centro de Investigación y de Estudios Avanzados del Instituto Politécnico Nacional, Center of Research and Technologic Development in Electrochemistry
Language: English
Subfield: Pollution
Field: Environmental Science
Domain: Physical Sciences
Open Access status: gold
Estimated APC paid: $760
Award: G5537797191
OpenAlex ID: W4409035958