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Tagg, Alexander S., Sapp, Melanie, Harrison, Jesse P., Sinclair, Chris J., Bradley, Emma, Ju-Nam, Yon and Ojeda, Jesus J. (2020). Microplastic Monitoring at Different Stages in a Wastewater Treatment Plant Using Reflectance Micro-FTIR Imaging. Front. Environ. Sci., 8. LAUSANNE: FRONTIERS MEDIA SA. ISSN 2296-665X

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Abstract

While the presence of microplastics (MP) has been reported in aquatic habitats across the globe, the pathways through which they enter the environment are still poorly understood. Studies investigating the fate of MP in wastewater are gaining attention but are still scarce, despite the urgent need to understand the role of wastewater treatment plants (WWTP) as point sources of aquatic MP pollution. A likely reason for the limited number of WWTP-associated studies is that working with a biogenic organic matter (BOM)-rich sample matrix like wastewater is challenging. Here, we investigated the presence of MP throughout several stages of a WWTP at multiple depths, employing Fenton's reagent and focal plane array-based reflectance micro-Fourier-transform infrared spectroscopic (FPA-based reflectance micro-FTIR) imaging, a protocol that allows the automated detection and identification of MP in complex samples with high organic matter content, without the need for previous visual sorting, or reducing considerably the thickness of the sample, or the use of IR-transparent transmission windows. It was found that the number of MP fragments detected at downstream stages of the WWTP notably decreased following the primary settlement stage, with primary settlement stage samples responsible for 76.9% of total MP detected. Despite the marked reduction in the number of MP particles following the primary settlement stage, an average total of 1.5 MP L(-1)were identified in the final effluent of the WWTP.

Item Type:	Journal Article
Creators:	Creators Email ORCID ORCID Put Code Tagg, Alexander S. UNSPECIFIED UNSPECIFIED UNSPECIFIED Sapp, Melanie UNSPECIFIED UNSPECIFIED UNSPECIFIED Harrison, Jesse P. UNSPECIFIED UNSPECIFIED UNSPECIFIED Sinclair, Chris J. UNSPECIFIED UNSPECIFIED UNSPECIFIED Bradley, Emma UNSPECIFIED UNSPECIFIED UNSPECIFIED Ju-Nam, Yon UNSPECIFIED UNSPECIFIED UNSPECIFIED Ojeda, Jesus J. UNSPECIFIED UNSPECIFIED UNSPECIFIED
URN:	urn:nbn:de:hbz:38-322654
DOI:	10.3389/fenvs.2020.00145
Journal or Publication Title:	Front. Environ. Sci.
Volume:	8
Date:	2020
Publisher:	FRONTIERS MEDIA SA
Place of Publication:	LAUSANNE
ISSN:	2296-665X
Language:	English
Faculty:	Unspecified
Divisions:	Unspecified
Subjects:	no entry
Uncontrolled Keywords:	Keywords Language MARINE-ENVIRONMENT; IDENTIFICATION; PARTICLES; FATE; PLASTICS; REMOVAL Multiple languages Environmental Sciences Multiple languages
URI:	http://kups.ub.uni-koeln.de/id/eprint/32265