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Monitoring of micropollutants and resistant bacteria in wastewater and their effective removal by boron doped diamond electrode

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The first part of our study is focused on the analysis of wastewaters composition from the effluence of four Slovak and three Czech wastewater treatment plants. The presence of 30 psychoactive substances and their main metabolites, antibiotic resistant coliforms and S. aureus were determined. The highest concentrations were observed in the case of cotinine, methamphetamine, tramadol, venlafaxine, and oxazepam. The amount of coliforms ranged from 0.6 to 2.7 log CFU/cm3. The majority of them showed ampicillin and gentamicin resistance. The amount of S. aureus ranged from 0.3 to 2.7 log CFU/cm3 with methicillin, penicillin, and erythromycin resistance. The second part of this study was focused on the treatment of respective wastewaters by anodic oxidation of contaminants by boron doped diamond electrodes, which were tested applying various current intensities (12.50, 18.75, 40.00 mA/cm2). Obtained results indicate that this method is able to effectively degrade a wide spectrum of pharmaceuticals and drugs that are insufficiently removed by traditional processes at wastewater treatment plants, such as oxazepam, venlafaxine, 3,4-methylenedioxymethamphetamine, cotinine, 11-nor-9-carboxy-Δ9-tetrahydrocannabinol, 2-ethylidene-1,5-dimethyl-3,3-diphenylpyrrolidine, and citalopram with the efficiency more than 50%. Moreover, the only 1 h lasting treatment caused the elimination of the total bacteria count including the resistant types under the detection limit.

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Acknowledgements

This work was financially supported by the grants of the Slovak Research and Development Agency (APVV-0122-12 and APVV-0365-12) and by Grant Agency of the Slovak Republic 1/0785/14. Authors would like to thank STU for the financial support “Grantová schéma na podporu mladých výskumníkov: Výskyt najviac používaných antibiotík v odpadových vodách v Bratislave a ich možný spôsob degradácie.” This work was also supported by the CENAKVA CZ.1.05/2.1.00/01.0024 Project.

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  1. Institute of Chemical and Environmental Engineering, Faculty of Chemical and Food Technology, Slovak University of Technology, Radlinského 9, 812 37, Bratislava, Slovakia

    Tomáš Mackuľak, Igor Bodík & Paula Brandeburová

  2. Institute of Electronics and Photonics, Faculty of Electrical Engineering and Information Technology, Slovak University of Technology, Ilkovičova 3, 812 19, Bratislava, Slovakia

    Marián Marton & Marian Vojs

  3. Department of Analytical Chemistry, Faculty of Natural Sciences, Comenius University in Bratislava, Mlynská dolina, Ilkovičova 6, 842 15, Bratislava, Slovakia

    Monika Radičová & Andrea Vojs Staňová

  4. Faculty of Fisheries and Protection of Waters, South Bohemian Research Centre of Aquaculture and Biodiversity of Hydrocenoses, University of South Bohemia in Ceske Budejovice, Zatisi 728/II, 389 01, Vodnany, Czech Republic

    Roman Grabic

  5. Institute of Biochemistry, Nutrition and Health Protection, Faculty of Chemical and Food Technology, Slovak University of Technology, Radlinského 9, 812 37, Bratislava, Slovakia

    Lucia Bírošová & Kristína Nagyová

  6. Department of Inorganic Technology, Faculty of Chemical and Food Technology, Slovak University of Technology, Radlinského 9, 812 37, Bratislava, Slovakia

    Miroslav Gál

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Mackuľak, T., Marton, M., Radičová, M. et al. Monitoring of micropollutants and resistant bacteria in wastewater and their effective removal by boron doped diamond electrode. Monatsh Chem 148, 539–548 (2017). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00706-016-1914-4

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