Abstract
Publisher Summary Membrane bioreactor (MBR) is a technology that combines biological treatment with membrane filtration and can offer several advantages to conventional wastewater treatment including reduced footprint, consistent and superior effluent water quality. The MBR technology has become feasible alternative for water and wastewater treatment, because of high-sludge retention time (SRT) achieved within compact reactor volumes (that improves treatment efficiency) and no limitations by settling characteristics of sludge (separation of suspended solids is achieved by membranes). The efficacy of MBR system is determined by the combination of filtration technology and biological treatment. Another promising technology for the treatment of wastewaters is based on advanced oxidation processes (AOPs). The two most common AOPs applied for the treatment of pharmaceuticals in wastewaters are photocatalysis and ozonation. Research demonstrated the potential application of AOPs and MBR in the treatment of pharmaceutical wastewater.
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