Perspectives of persistent organic pollutants (POPS) removal in an MBR pilot plant

In the last years, increasing attention has been paid on the presence of POPs in water. It has been found that wastewaters and wastewater treatment plant effluents are the main source of surface and ground water pollution. Therefore, it seems important to improve the removal efficiency of such compounds in wastewater treatment plant as well as to understand the different mechanisms involved. The implementation of a pilot scale MBR in parallel of a large

The literature shows that MBRs should be more efficient on POPs removal than CAS, especially on the substances which are poorly biodegradable, while it does not improve the removal efficiency for the non-degradable ones. Therefore, the study aims to see to which extent the use of MBR for trace pollutants removal is a more valuable option. The comparison with the removal obtained in a very large conventional wastewater treatment plant operating at quite high SRT will be particularly significant.