naa a22 4500 51075225X CHVBK 20180411083109.0 cr unu---uuuuu 180411e20130201xx s 000 0 eng 10.1007/s11270-012-1400-5 doi (NATIONALLICENCE)springer-10.1007/s11270-012-1400-5 Removal Processes for Tributyltin During Municipal Wastewater Treatment [Elektronische Daten] [M. Scrimshaw, D. Hala, A. Okiemute, E. Cartmell, J. Lester] The fate and behaviour of tributyltin (TBT) at two wastewater treatment works was examined. Both sites had two inlet streams, and each utilised high rate biological filters (biofilters) on one the streams, before treatment of the combined flows on trickling filters, with one having additional tertiary processes, installed to remove ammonia and solids. The study was designed to determine if these processes enhanced the removal of TBT. Degradation of TBT was observed in one of the biofilters, possibly as a result of temperature and hydraulic loading. At the treatment works with tertiary processes, the mass flux showed the overall removal of TBT was 68%, predominantly due to removal with solids in the primary settlement processes. However, overall removal of 95% was observed in the conventional trickling filter works with 94% of this due to biodegradation in the trickling filter. The two works both removed TBT, but at different treatment stages and by different processes. Differences in the form (solubility) of TBT in the influent may have attributed to this, although further understanding of factors controlling degradation would allow for a more complete assessment of the potential of biological processes to remove hazardous compounds from wastewaters. Springer Science+Business Media Dordrecht, 2013 Trickling Filter nationallicence Tributyltin nationallicence Removal nationallicence Biodegradation nationallicence Wastewater nationallicence Scrimshaw M. Institute for the Environment, Brunel University, UB8 3PH, Middlesex, UK aut Hala D. Institute for the Environment, Brunel University, UB8 3PH, Middlesex, UK aut Okiemute A. Institute for the Environment, Brunel University, UB8 3PH, Middlesex, UK aut Cartmell E. Cranfield Water Science Institute, School of Applied Sciences, Cranfield University, MK43 0AL, Bedfordshire, UK aut Lester J. Cranfield Water Science Institute, School of Applied Sciences, Cranfield University, MK43 0AL, Bedfordshire, UK aut Water, Air, & Soil Pollution Springer Netherlands 224/2(2013-02-01), 1-13 0049-6979 224:2<1 2013 224 11270 https://doi.org/10.1007/s11270-012-1400-5 text/html Onlinezugriff via DOI 1 research-article jats NATIONALLICENCE 856 40 https://doi.org/10.1007/s11270-012-1400-5 text/html Onlinezugriff via DOI NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Scrimshaw M. Institute for the Environment, Brunel University, UB8 3PH, Middlesex, UK aut NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Hala D. Institute for the Environment, Brunel University, UB8 3PH, Middlesex, UK aut NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Okiemute A. Institute for the Environment, Brunel University, UB8 3PH, Middlesex, UK aut NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Cartmell E. Cranfield Water Science Institute, School of Applied Sciences, Cranfield University, MK43 0AL, Bedfordshire, UK aut NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Lester J. Cranfield Water Science Institute, School of Applied Sciences, Cranfield University, MK43 0AL, Bedfordshire, UK aut NATIONALLICENCE 773 0- Water, Air, & Soil Pollution Springer Netherlands 224/2(2013-02-01), 1-13 0049-6979 224:2<1 2013 224 11270 Metadata rights reserved Springer special CC-BY-NC licence nationallicence BK010053 XK010053 XK010000 NATIONALLICENCE NATIONALLICENCE NL-springer