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Removal of Trace Pollutants by Application of MBR Technology for Wastewater Treatment

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The number of MBR technology applications for municipal wastewater treatment has grown enormously during the last decade. These systems have several environmental advantages with respect to conventional activated sludge process (high effluent quality, reduced footprint, reduced sludge production etc.); recently, it has been demonstrated that they improve at higher extent effluent estrogenicity abatement, even though this positive effect may not be predicted based on trace pollutant concentrations, being for many substances similar to those obtained by conventional process. On the other hand, higher environmental costs, mainly due to membrane fabrication/installation and energy consumption for plant operation, have to be carefully evaluated in order to assess if MBR can be considered to be a green technology.

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Bertanza, G., Pedrazzani, R. (2012). Removal of Trace Pollutants by Application of MBR Technology for Wastewater Treatment. In: Lofrano, G. (eds) Green Technologies for Wastewater Treatment. SpringerBriefs in Molecular Science(). Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-007-1430-4_3

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