Methods involved in the treatment of four representative pharmaceuticals in hospital wastewater using sonochemical and biological processes

A primary pollution source by pharmaceuticals is hospital wastewater (HWW). Herein, the methods involved in the action of a biological system (BS, aerobic activated sludge) or a sonochemical treatment (US, 375 kHz and 30.8 W), for degrading four relevant pharmaceuticals (azithromycin, ciprofloxacin,...

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Main Authors: Efraím A. Serna-Galvis, Javier Silva-Agredo, Félix Hernández, Ana M. Botero-Coy, Ricardo A. Torres-Palma
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2023-01-01
Series:MethodsX
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Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2215016123001292