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Analysis of Water Quality Components and Antibiotics in the Final Effluent of Wastewater Treatment Facilities in the Nakdong River Basin

낙동강 유역에 위치한 폐수처리시설 최종방류수의 수질과 항생물질 분석

  • Park, Kyeong-deok (Department of Marine Design Convergence Engineering, Pukyong National University) ;
  • Kang, Dong-hwan (Institute of Environmental Geosciences, Pukyong National University) ;
  • Jo, Won Gi (Institute of Environmental Geosciences, Pukyong National University) ;
  • Yu, Hun Sun (e-San Eco-friendly Lab Co., Ltd.) ;
  • Yoon, Yeon Su (Sangjigeotec) ;
  • Kim, Byung-Woo (K-water Research Institute, Korea Water Resources Corporation)
  • 박경덕 (부경대학교 마린융합디자인공학과) ;
  • 강동환 (부경대학교 지질환경연구소) ;
  • 조원기 (부경대학교 지질환경연구소) ;
  • 유훈선 ((주)이산친환경연구원) ;
  • 윤연수 (상지지오텍) ;
  • 김병우 (한국수자원공사 K-water연구원)
  • Received : 2020.06.09
  • Accepted : 2020.07.20
  • Published : 2020.08.31
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Abstract

In this study, the antibiotic components in the final effluent from the 12 wastewater treatment facilities located in the Nakdong River basin were investigated, and the correlation between organic matters, nutrients and antibiotics was analyzed. In the final effluent of the wastewater treatment facilities, three sulfonamides antibiotics (sulfamethazine, sulfathiazole, sulfachlorpyridazine) and tetracyclines antibiotics (oxytetracycline, doxycycline) were detected. Sulfamethazine were detected at all points and ranged from 10.398 to 278.784 ng/L. Sulfathiazole were detected at 6 points (Andong, Gumi, Hapcheon, Miryang, Uiryeong, Haman), and ranged from 23.773 to 144.468 ng/L. The correlation coefficients between sulfathiazole and TSS, COD, TOC, NH3-N, NO2-N, and T-N components were high in the range of 0.73 to 0.92. The correlation coefficient between sulfamethazine and T-N was 0.48, and the correlation with the rest of the water quality components was low. The correlation coefficient between sulfamethazine and sulfathiazole was 0.78. Through this study, it was confirmed that the concentration of sulfonamides antibiotics was higher than the concentration of tetracyclines antibiotics in the final effluent of 12 wastewater treatment facilities in the Nakdong River basin, and the concentration of sulfathiazole increased with organic matters and nutrients.

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