Toxic to Clean

 

Figure 1: Vitro bioassays covering seven receptor-mediated mechanisms. 

So many chemicals can be found in water and what a better way to reduce it with a biological wastewater treatment. By using a vitro bio assays covering seven receptor- mediated mechanisms can help reduce the amount of organic phosphorus, carbon, and nitrogen. By having two groups can help determine the percentage of removal rates of the samples. In the influent group, shows that the wastewater contained compounds that affected endocrine. While in the effluent group there was a confirmed removal of the sludge treatment. A great amount of antiandrogenic, estrogenic effects, and minor dioxin-like continued to still be in the treated effluent that can be environmentally pertinent. The residue effects was forty to seventy five percent of removing the iron reducing conditions. The results do show that a biological wastewater treatment happening is possible, and shows to improve the removal of the toxicity that’s in the water. Countries around the world started changing their wastewater treatment plants with these new treatments. 

Reference: 

Volker, J. et al., February 2016. Advancing Biological Wastewater treatment: Extended Anaerobic Conditions Enhance the Removal of Endocrine and Dioxin-like Activities. Environmental Science and Technology. Web.

Image: From article.