Specific pollutants in urban wastewater and their impact on the environment

Abstract

This paper substantiates the relevance of a study to assess environmental pollution with specific pollutants. It has been established that wastewater treatment plants, which play a key role in the protection of natural water bodies, are “hot spots” for the spread of a new type of environmental pollution - antibiotic. The main ways of getting antibiotics into the aquatic environment are shown, as well as the methods used to detect them. Based on the analysis of the results of studies on the detection of antibiotics in waste waters of different countries, the groups of the most common antibiotics have been identified and the limits of their detection have been established. It is concluded that such studies are necessary not only in large cities, but also in small ones, equipped with a centralized wastewater disposal system, in order to reduce the negative impact on the environment.