ArticleEnvironmental science and pollution research international2017
The removal of illicit drugs and morphine in two waste water treatment plants (WWTPs) under tropical conditions.
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- Reply to Mehrotra et al. Wastewater-Based Surveillance Does Not Belong in a Regulatory Framework Designed to Protect Waters That Receive Treated Wastewater. Comment on "Wright, T.; Adhikari, A. Utilizing a National Wastewater Monitoring Program to Address the U.S. Opioid Epidemic: A Focus on Metro Atlanta, Georgia.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2023Article
- Removal efficiency of emerging micropollutants in biofilter wastewater treatment plants in tropical areas.Environmental science and pollution research international · 2021Article
- Evaluation of Illicit Drug Consumption by Wastewater Analysis Using Polar Organic Chemical Integrative Sampler as a Monitoring Tool.Frontiers in chemistry · 2021Review
- Review on the occurrence and biological effects of illicit drugs in aquatic ecosystems.Environmental science and pollution research international · 2020Review
- Advances in environmental biotechnology and engineering 2018.Environmental science and pollution research international · 2020Article
- Interpol review of controlled substances 2016-2019.Forensic science international. Synergy · 2020Review
- A study through batch tests on the analytical determination and the fate and removal of methamphetamine in the biological treatment of domestic wastewater.Environmental science and pollution research international · 2018Article
- Wastewater-based epidemiology in low Human Development Index states: bias in consumption monitoring of illicit drugs.Environmental science and pollution research international · 2018Review
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Abstract
The consumption of drugs of abuse has been recently investigated in Martinique using the back-calculation approach, also called the "sewage epidemiology" method. Results demonstrated a very high consumption considering the international data. Wastewater treatment plants (WWTPs) are located just behind the Martinique island shoreline, and effluents could impact the vulnerable corals and marine seagrass ecosystem. The present article aims to determine a WWTP's efficiency by comparing the influent and effluent of two WWTPs, with different residence times and biological treatments, located either outdoors or indoors. In parallel, a degradation study is conducted using spiked wastewater exposed to tropical and ambient temperatures. Results demonstrate the consistent efficiency of the two processes, especially for the outdoor WWTP which uses the activated sludge process. The positive effect of the tropical temperature is showed by the increase of cocaine degradation at 31 °C. Thus, low illicit drug residue concentrations in effluent would indicate that wastewater treatment is efficient and even enhanced under tropical context. This fact should be confirmed with others molecules. Furthermore, our results highlight the need for subsequent studies of sludge contamination because of their local recycling as compost.
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