Project 1685
Enzymes: The New Wastewater Treatment Chemical for Water Reuse
Principal Investigator
Desmond Lawler
Project Manager
Justin Mattingly
Contractor
University of Texas at Austin
Abstract
Conventional wastewater treatment plants do not effectively remove all pharmaceuticals and personal care products (PPCPs). As a result, some PPCPs enter the environment via treated wastewater discharge. Enzymatic treatment using the laccase-mediator system is a novel biochemical process that has been shown to effectively treat some PPCPs. This research studied two enzymatic treatment configurations. Co-sponsored by U.S. Bureau of Reclamation.
Originally funded as WERF project Reuse-10-16.
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