Assessing the Effect of a Newly Implemented Basic Wastewater Discharge Standard on the Concentrations of Pharmaceutical and Personal Care Products in the Daqing River Basin, China
Wastewater discharge standards often play a crucial role in water environmental management. However, most of these standards only focus on conventional water pollutants such as chemical oxygen demand (COD), 5-day biochemical oxygen demand (BOD<sub>5</sub>), ammonia (NH<sub>3</su...
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| author | Jingyi Xie Yaran Pan Boyang Zheng Yufei Liu Haixiao Li Yufeng Wu Lirong Li Zhao Shan Kailing Xin Naili Wang Bo Zhang Xueqiang Lu |
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| description | Wastewater discharge standards often play a crucial role in water environmental management. However, most of these standards only focus on conventional water pollutants such as chemical oxygen demand (COD), 5-day biochemical oxygen demand (BOD<sub>5</sub>), ammonia (NH<sub>3</sub>-N), total nitrogen (TN), and total phosphorus (TP). It is unclear if there is an impact on the removal of pharmaceuticals and personal care products (PPCPs). The Daqing River Basin is an important water system in China. In 2018, a new wastewater discharge standard for the Daqing River Basin (DB 13/2795–2018) was issued, which mainly limits the discharge of conventional water pollutants, including COD (20–40 mg L<sup>−1</sup>), BOD<sub>5</sub> (4–10 mg L<sup>−1</sup>), NH<sub>3</sub>-N (1–2 mg L<sup>−1</sup>), TN (10–15 mg L<sup>−1</sup>), and TP (0.2–0.4 mg L<sup>−1</sup>). Herein, we evaluated the performance of the new wastewater discharge standard, especially the effect on the removal of PPCPs. We characterized the occurrence of PPCPs and the resulting ecological impact in the basin, and compared the occurrence of PPCPs before (2017) and after (2021) implementation of the standard. A total of 16 PPCPs were detected, of which diclofenac, carbamazepine, ibuprofen, and bezafibrate pose risks to crustaceans and fish in the basin. A positive impact from the implemented standard, on the removal of some PPCPs, was confirmed, especially for lincomycin and trimethoprim. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-1402fb45b54e4705b14f2e996ab70af62023-11-17T14:27:11ZengMDPI AGWater2073-44412023-03-01156115110.3390/w15061151Assessing the Effect of a Newly Implemented Basic Wastewater Discharge Standard on the Concentrations of Pharmaceutical and Personal Care Products in the Daqing River Basin, ChinaJingyi Xie0Yaran Pan1Boyang Zheng2Yufei Liu3Haixiao Li4Yufeng Wu5Lirong Li6Zhao Shan7Kailing Xin8Naili Wang9Bo Zhang10Xueqiang Lu11Tianjin Key Laboratory of Environmental Technology for Complex Trans-Media Pollution and Tianjin International Joint Research Center for Environmental Biogeochemical Technology, College of Environmental Science and Engineering, Nankai University, Tianjin 300350, ChinaTianjin Key Laboratory of Environmental Technology for Complex Trans-Media Pollution and Tianjin International Joint Research Center for Environmental Biogeochemical Technology, College of Environmental Science and Engineering, Nankai University, Tianjin 300350, ChinaTianjin Key Laboratory of Environmental Technology for Complex Trans-Media Pollution and Tianjin International Joint Research Center for Environmental Biogeochemical Technology, College of Environmental Science and Engineering, Nankai University, Tianjin 300350, ChinaTianjin Key Laboratory of Environmental Technology for Complex Trans-Media Pollution and Tianjin International Joint Research Center for Environmental Biogeochemical Technology, College of Environmental Science and Engineering, Nankai University, Tianjin 300350, ChinaTianjin Key Laboratory of Environmental Technology for Complex Trans-Media Pollution and Tianjin International Joint Research Center for Environmental Biogeochemical Technology, College of Environmental Science and Engineering, Nankai University, Tianjin 300350, ChinaTianjin Eco-Environmental Monitoring Center, Tianjin 300191, ChinaTianjin Eco-Environmental Monitoring Center, Tianjin 300191, ChinaTianjin Huanke Environmental Testing Company Limited, Tianjin 300191, ChinaTianjin Huanke Environmental Testing Company Limited, Tianjin 300191, ChinaTianjin Huanke Environmental Testing Company Limited, Tianjin 300191, ChinaR&D Department, FS Limited, Katikati 3129, New ZealandTianjin Key Laboratory of Environmental Technology for Complex Trans-Media Pollution and Tianjin International Joint Research Center for Environmental Biogeochemical Technology, College of Environmental Science and Engineering, Nankai University, Tianjin 300350, ChinaWastewater discharge standards often play a crucial role in water environmental management. However, most of these standards only focus on conventional water pollutants such as chemical oxygen demand (COD), 5-day biochemical oxygen demand (BOD<sub>5</sub>), ammonia (NH<sub>3</sub>-N), total nitrogen (TN), and total phosphorus (TP). It is unclear if there is an impact on the removal of pharmaceuticals and personal care products (PPCPs). The Daqing River Basin is an important water system in China. In 2018, a new wastewater discharge standard for the Daqing River Basin (DB 13/2795–2018) was issued, which mainly limits the discharge of conventional water pollutants, including COD (20–40 mg L<sup>−1</sup>), BOD<sub>5</sub> (4–10 mg L<sup>−1</sup>), NH<sub>3</sub>-N (1–2 mg L<sup>−1</sup>), TN (10–15 mg L<sup>−1</sup>), and TP (0.2–0.4 mg L<sup>−1</sup>). Herein, we evaluated the performance of the new wastewater discharge standard, especially the effect on the removal of PPCPs. We characterized the occurrence of PPCPs and the resulting ecological impact in the basin, and compared the occurrence of PPCPs before (2017) and after (2021) implementation of the standard. A total of 16 PPCPs were detected, of which diclofenac, carbamazepine, ibuprofen, and bezafibrate pose risks to crustaceans and fish in the basin. A positive impact from the implemented standard, on the removal of some PPCPs, was confirmed, especially for lincomycin and trimethoprim.https://www.mdpi.com/2073-4441/15/6/1151PPCPsdistributionecological riskstandardDaqing River |
| spellingShingle | Jingyi Xie Yaran Pan Boyang Zheng Yufei Liu Haixiao Li Yufeng Wu Lirong Li Zhao Shan Kailing Xin Naili Wang Bo Zhang Xueqiang Lu Assessing the Effect of a Newly Implemented Basic Wastewater Discharge Standard on the Concentrations of Pharmaceutical and Personal Care Products in the Daqing River Basin, China Water PPCPs distribution ecological risk standard Daqing River |
| title | Assessing the Effect of a Newly Implemented Basic Wastewater Discharge Standard on the Concentrations of Pharmaceutical and Personal Care Products in the Daqing River Basin, China |
| title_full | Assessing the Effect of a Newly Implemented Basic Wastewater Discharge Standard on the Concentrations of Pharmaceutical and Personal Care Products in the Daqing River Basin, China |
| title_fullStr | Assessing the Effect of a Newly Implemented Basic Wastewater Discharge Standard on the Concentrations of Pharmaceutical and Personal Care Products in the Daqing River Basin, China |
| title_full_unstemmed | Assessing the Effect of a Newly Implemented Basic Wastewater Discharge Standard on the Concentrations of Pharmaceutical and Personal Care Products in the Daqing River Basin, China |
| title_short | Assessing the Effect of a Newly Implemented Basic Wastewater Discharge Standard on the Concentrations of Pharmaceutical and Personal Care Products in the Daqing River Basin, China |
| title_sort | assessing the effect of a newly implemented basic wastewater discharge standard on the concentrations of pharmaceutical and personal care products in the daqing river basin china |
| topic | PPCPs distribution ecological risk standard Daqing River |
| url | https://www.mdpi.com/2073-4441/15/6/1151 |
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