Table 1.
Characteristics of the WWTPs.
Fig 1.
(Reprinted from USGS National Map Viewer -public domain, https://apps.nationalmap.gov/viewer/).
Fig 2.
Schematic diagram of the treatment processes in the six WWTPs.
Table 2.
The min-max, mean concentration, frequency of detection and removal efficiency of pharmaceuticals in influent, effluent and sewage sludge from 6 WWTPs.
Table 3.
The min-max, mean concentrations of pharmaceuticals in influent, effluent and sewage sludge, as reported in the literature.
Fig 3.
Daily mass load (Mload) and daily emission (Emis) of sum pharmaceuticals per 1000 inhabitants.
Fig 4.
Percentage of individual pharmaceuticals in daily load (Mload) and daily emission (Emis) per 1000 inhabitants.
Table 4.
Environmental risk assessment (RQ) of the maximum concentration of pharmaceuticals in effluent.