Removal of pharmaceutical compounds from municipal wastewater through chemically enhanced primary
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The presence of pharmaceutical compounds of therapeutic groups antiepileptics, hypolipemic agents, anti-inflammatory analgesic and tranquilizers were evaluated in three samplings, besides, the removal efficiency was estimated through chemically enhanced primary treatment with coagulation, flocculation and decantation processes in the wastewater treatment plant of Cali city (Colombia). 10 compounds were above the limit of quantitation of analytical technique used: carbamazepine, 10,11-dihydro-10,11-dihydroxycarbamazepine, gabapentin, fenofibric acid, gemfibrozil, diclofenac, ibuprofen, ketoprofen, naproxen, and paracetamol, in concentrations from affluent between 0.15 and 10 µgL-1. After the treatment, the majority of compounds had removal efficiency lower than 30%, while the paracetamol and naproxen had the highest removal of 98.1% and 57.1%, respectively. These removal efficiencies were linked not only with the coagulation-flocculation process, fair for lipophilic substances but also with the biodegradation of bacterial in the wastewater.
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