Table 5.

Concentrations in influent and effluents and the removal efficiency by advanced biological methods

Treatment process	SRT (days)	Removal efficiency (%)	Reference
Diclofenac
Full-scale WWTP	14–16	68	Kruglova et al. (2014)
Lab-scale SBR	10–12	90	Ribeiro et al. (2013)
Lab-scale MBR	37	23	Quintana et al. (2005)
Single-house MBR	>100	103	Abegglen et al. (2009)
Lab-scale MBR, synthetic WW, HRT 24 h	70	17.3 (mean)	Tadkaew et al. (2011)
E2
Lab-scale MBR, synthetic WW, HRT 24 h	70	>99.4	Tadkaew et al. (2011)
EE2
Single-house MBR	>100	77	Abegglen et al. (2009)
Lab-scale MBR, synthetic WW, HRT 24 h	70	93.5 (mean)	Tadkaew et al. (2011)

MBR membrane bioreactor, HRT hydraulic retention time, SBR sequential bioreactor; WW wastewater, WWTP wastewater treatment plant