0600810 - ÚCHP 2025 RIV CH eng J - Journal Article
Šolcová, Olga - Dlasková, Martina - Kaštánek, František
Challenges and Advances in Tertiary Waste Water Treatment for Municipal Treatment Plants.
Processes. Roč. 12, č. 10 (2024), č. článku 2084. ISSN 2227-9717. E-ISSN 2227-9717
R&D Projects: GA TA ČR(CZ) TN02000044
Institutional support: RVO:67985858
Keywords : waste water treatment * tertiary treatment * microplastics * micropollutants removal
OECD category: Environmental sciences (social aspects to be 5.7)
Impact factor: 2.8, year: 2023 ; AIS: 0.432, rok: 2023
Method of publishing: Open access
Result website:
https://www.mdpi.com/2227-9717/12/10/2084DOI: https://doi.org/10.3390/pr12102084

Municipal waste water treatment plants have a fundamental task, which is to rid waste water of toxic and health-threatening organic and inorganic substances, including unwanted microorganisms and other pollutants, with the highest possible efficiency so that the discharged water does not contaminate the natural environment, which happens in the case of imperfect cleaning. Current WWTPs usually have a preliminary, primary, and secondary stage, and in very few cases even a tertiary stage, which no longer guarantees the sufficient removal of pollutants from waste water. This research presents the current situation in different parts of the world concerning the possibility of solving the current situation regarding the tertiary and quaternary stages of this process, especially in small and rural WWTPs serving up to approx. 10,000 equivalent inhabitants, which could ensure the removal of so-called emerging pollutants, including microplastics, and would stop WWTPs being point sources of environmental contamination.
Permanent Link: https://hdl.handle.net/11104/0358100