Fate and transport of endocrine disrupting compounds on nanofiltration and reverse osmosis processes

• Main Author: Mengote, Dixi Mae Perez.
• Other Authors: Tang Chuyang
• Format: Final Year Project
• Language: English
• Published: 2009
• Subjects: DRNTU::Engineering::Environmental engineering::Water supply
• Online Access: http://hdl.handle.net/10356/15846
• Institution: Nanyang Technological University

Endocrine disrupting compounds (EDCs) can enter the environment, disperse, and persist at trace levels that can cause adverse health effects on humans and wildlife. The key factors affecting EDC rejection in municipal secondary effluent—size exclusion, charge interactions, and physicochemical intera...