The role of the sewer system in estimating urban emissions of chemicals of emerging concern.

ABSTRACT: The use of chemicals by society has resulted in calls for more effective control of their emissions. Many of these chemicals are poorly characterized because of lacking data on their use, environmental fate and toxicity, as well as lacking detection techniques. These compounds are sometimes referred to as contaminants of emerging concern (CECs). Urban areas are an important source of CECs, where these are typically first collected in sewer systems and then discharged into the environment after being treated in a wastewater treatment plant. A combination of emission estimation techniques and environmental fate models can support the early identification and management of CEC-related environmental problems. However, scientific insight in the processes driving the fate of CECs in sewer system

SUBMITTER: Zillien C 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9589831 | biostudies-literature | 2022

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature