Toxicology of Di-(2-ethylhexyl) phthalate in reclaimed wastewater and its removal options

Author

Xiangsheng, Cao ; Xuezheng, Meng ; Zhaoliang, Zhu

Author_Institution

Dept. of Water & Waster Eng., Beijing Univ. of Technol., Beijing, China

fYear

2010

fDate

26-28 June 2010

Firstpage

4802

Lastpage

4804

Abstract

Di-(2-ethylhexyl) phthalate (DEHP) is one of the typical endocrine disrupting chemicals found in water and wastewater. Concentrations of DEHP in water, wastewater and reclaimed wastewater are summarized based on published literatures. Concentrations of DEHP in source water for drinking or final sewage effluents sometimes definitely exceeded legal stipulations for DEHP limits in China. Although physicochemical and biological treatments are the main effective and practical technologies for DEHP removal from water or wastewater, they need further exploration. Novel sustainable treatment technology such as membrane separation processes is essentially needed.

Keywords

effluents; organic compounds; sewage treatment; sustainable development; toxicology; wastewater treatment; China; biological treatment; di-(2-ethylhexyl) phthalate removal; endocrine disrupting chemical; membrane separation process; physicochemical treatment; reclaimed wastewater treatment; sewage effluent; toxicology; Biomembranes; Chemicals; Effluents; Endocrine system; Law; Legal factors; Separation processes; Toxicology; Wastewater treatment; Water resources; Di-(2-ethylhexyl) Phthalate; endocrine disrupting chemicals; reclaimed wastewater; water;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Mechanic Automation and Control Engineering (MACE), 2010 International Conference on

Conference_Location

Wuhan

Print_ISBN

978-1-4244-7737-1

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/MACE.2010.5536302

Filename

5536302