Assessing the impact of two conventional wastewater treatment plants on small streams with effect-based methods.

ABSTRACT: Sixty percent of discrete surface water bodies in Europe do not meet the requirements for good ecological and chemical status and in Germany, the situation is even worse with over 90% of surface water bodies failing to meet the threshold. In addition to hydromorphological degradation, intensive land use and invasive species, chemical pollution is primarily considered to be responsible for the inadequate ecological status of the water bodies. As a quantitatively important source of micropollutants, wastewater treatment plants (WWTPs) represent an important entry path for chemical stressors. It is therefore important to analyze the effectiveness of the WWTPs in eliminating micropollutants and other chemical stressors to mitigate the negative impacts of the treated wastewater (WW) in aquatic

SUBMITTER: Trejos Delgado C 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11636737 | biostudies-literature | 2024

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature