Wastewater Discharge Articles & Analysis: Older
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During the production process, wastewater containing the APIs is created as a by-product of cleaning processes. ...
Project Description Abbeylands Nursing Home required a sewage treatment plant to maximise the cleaning of the wastewater for discharge to an adjoining stream. The AT-75 unit looks after 50 beds and staff, and provides a high level effluent suitable for discharge per the EPA’s requirements. ...
After excretion, they can enter the environment via wastewater. As a result, active pharmaceutical ingredients (APIs, the elements of drugs that are responsible for their medicinal effects) have been found in receiving environments across the globe, where they may have toxic effects on aquatic life. ...
The environment is likely to play an important role in dissemination of antibiotic resistance genes (ARGs) among both environmental and pathogenic bacteria. Wastewater treatment plants (WWTPs) accumulate both chemical and biological waste from the surrounding urban milieu and have therefore been viewed as potential hotspots for dissemination and development of antibiotic ...