Combination of photocatalysis and biological oxidation for the degradation of pharmaceuticals in water

MANASSERO, A.; VILLON, K.; ALFANO, O.M.; SATUF, M.L.

Simposio; 5th International Symposium on Environmental Biotechnology and Engineering; 2016

Many pharmaceutical compounds are incompletely reoved by conventional processes in waste water treatment plants, and they are released into natural waters. Chemical oxidation by photocatalysis can be employed as a pre-treatment step to enhance the biodegradability of wastewaters containing CA, which could the be trated by a biological process with lower costs.