Biological Wastewater Treatment and Estrogenic Endocrine Disrupting Compounds: Importance of Colloid Organic Carbon

Understanding the behavior of estrogenic endocrine disrupting compounds (EEDCs) during biological wastewater treatment is a critical aspect of protecting aquatic ecosystems and drinking water supplies. Binding coefficients (Kcoc) of 17β-estradiol (E2), and 17α-ethinylestradiol (EE2) to colloidal organic carbon (COC) derived from several biological wastewater unit processes was quantified by fluorescence quenching. The magnitude of Kcoc for E2 and EE2 was independent of the sorbate’s hydrophobicity (Kow), but was strongly correlated to the molar extinction coefficient at 280 nm (e280). This suggests that the interactions between the π-electrons of E2 and EE2 and the COC are important in determining binding behavior. The e280 coefficients are related to the aerobic sludge age and colloid capture efficiency of the wastewater treatment process. Treatment processes that utilize a physical barrier for liquid-solid separation, such as membrane bioreactors, appear to offer some important advantages in reducing ef...

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