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Removal of tetracycline and the degradation products by L emna gibba L. exposed to secondary effluents
Author(s) -
Topal Murat,
Uslu Şenel Gülşad,
Öbek Erdal,
Arslan Topal E. Işıl
Publication year - 2015
Publication title -
environmental progress and sustainable energy
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.495
H-Index - 66
eISSN - 1944-7450
pISSN - 1944-7442
DOI - 10.1002/ep.12118
Subject(s) - lemna gibba , effluent , degradation (telecommunications) , sewage treatment , lemna , pilot plant , wastewater , pulp and paper industry , phytoremediation , tetracycline , horticulture , chemistry , environmental chemistry , botany , environmental engineering , environmental science , biology , aquatic plant , ecology , engineering , biochemistry , heavy metals , telecommunications , macrophyte , organic chemistry , antibiotics
The aims of this study were the determination of (i) tetracycline (TC) and the degradation products removal efficiency of Elazığ Municipal Wastewater Treatment Plant (ii) the removal of TC and the degradation products in a pilot scale constructed wetland reactor planted with Lemna gibba L., which takes the effluent of the treatment plant (iii) the comparison of the removal of TC and the degradation products in the treatment plant and pilot scale reactor and (iv) the contribution of the planted rector to the treatment plant in terms of removal of TC and the degradation products. For these aims, composite samples were taken from both the influent and effluent of the treatment plant and the pilot scale reactor and then TC and degradation products analyses were done by UFLC/MS‐MS. TC, 4‐epianhydrotetacycline (EATC) and anhydrotetracycline (ATC) removal efficiencies of the treatment plant were determined as 79.65, 64.42, and 80.19%, respectively. 4‐epitetracycline (ETC) removal efficiency was not seen. TC, ETC, EATC, and ATC removal efficiencies in the planted reactor were obtained as 55.42, 89.85, 39.31 and 63.42%, respectively. The data obtained from the results of the analyses were also evaluated statistically. As a result, it was seen that Lemna gibba L. was efficient to remove TC and the degradation products and improved the treatment plant TC and the degradation products removal efficiency. © 2015 American Institute of Chemical Engineers Environ Prog, 34: 1311–1321, 2015