Evaluation of the Hospital Wastewater Activated Sludge Extended Aeration System in the Removal of Estrogenic Compounds (Case Study: Khuzestan Hospitals)
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A. Takdastan * 1, N. Orooji2 , M. Noori Sepehr3 |
1- Assistant Professor, Department of Environmental Health and Environmental Technologies Research Center, Ahvaz Jundishapur University of Medical Sciences, Ahvaz, Iran 2- Master Science of Applied Chemistry, Ahwaz Water and Wastewater Company, Khouzestan, Iran 3- Associate Professor of Environmental Health Engineering, Alborz University of Medical Sciences, Karaj, Iran |
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Background and Objective: Estrogen is a steroid hormone that is in the water and cause risks for aquatic organisms, especially fish is. Estrogenic hormones naturally (caused by endocrine) or artificial (due to hormonal contraceptives such as birth control pills) to sewage and hospital to find. This study aimed to determine the amount of estrogen in the sewage and Golestan and Abuzar hospital in Ahvaz were studied.
Material and Methods: Sampling was done by tracking estrogen in the aquatic environment. 56 samples 4 months in different parts of the Golestan and Abuzar hospital wastewater treatment plant in Ahvaz were taken. Sample a little electro luminescence (ECL) were analyzed by laboratory Iranian city of Ahvaz. In this study, different forms of estrogen (estrone, 17-beta-estradiol, estriol, 17-alpha-ethinyl estradiol) has been studied as estrogen.
Results: Mean hormone found in raw wastewater to the Golestan hospital wastewater treatment plant effluent from the treatment plant hormone 69.08 ng/l and 7.28 ng/l mean. Mean testosterone in Ahvaz Abuzar hospital treatment input 70.61 ng/l and 18.94 ng/l is refinery output. According to the results of high impact biological treatment is the removal of estrogenic compounds.
Conclusion: Secondary treatment of sewage is effective in reducing hormones that can do this at this stage of the biological treatment effect. |
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Keywords: Estrogen, Secondary treatment, Hospital wastewater |
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Type of Study: Case Report |
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Special Received: 2016/05/03 | Accepted: 2016/05/03 | Published: 2016/05/03
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