Occurrence of antibiotics in wastewater treatment facilities in Wisconsin, USA.

By K. Karthikeyan, M. Meyer. Science of the Total Environment, 2006

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Urban wastewater treatment plants as hotspots for the release of antibiotics in the environment: a review. (2013, methodology): “The removal of this compound was found to fluctuate within the same levels in various UWTPs in USA (50e100%), in Germany (69”
Occurrence of pharmaceutical compounds in urban wastewater: removal, mass load and environmental risk after a secondary treatment--a review. (2012, methodology): “…et al., 2006; Choi et al., 2008; Clara et al., 2005b; Foster, 2007; García-Galán et al., 2011; Ghosh et al., 2009; Göbel et al., 2005, 2007; Karthikeyan and Meyer, 2006; Kasprzyk-Hordern et al., 2009; Kim et al., 2007; Kreuzinger et al., 2004; Li and Zhang, 2011; Lindberg et al., 2005;…”
Occurrence and elimination of antibiotics at four sewage treatment plants in the Pearl River Delta (PRD), South China. (2007, background): “ Karthikeyan and Meyer (2006) reported 49‐80% elimination rates for RTM and ETM� H2O in several STPs in the USA.”
Tetracycline antibiotics in the environment: a review (2013, background): “In wastewater treatment plants, the removal efficiency of tetracycline varied from 12 % (Spongberg and Witter 2008) to 80 % (Karthikeyan and Meyer 2006).”