Table 1. Mean amounts of ibuprofen (IBU) and triclosan (TCS) removed and standard deviations (n = 3) in the influent and effluent reactors loaded with pollutants alone or in binary mixture.

The amount removed refers to the liquid phase. All amounts are expressed in mg day^-1.

IBU in mg/day
		IBU				IBU+TCS
	Time (h)	Influent	Effluent		Removed	Influent	Effluent		Removed
			Liquid	Sludge			Liquid	Sludge
Period I	24	6.60	3.60±0.27	0.07±0.01	2.93±0.28	6.60	2.20±0.17	0.01±0.01	4.39±0.17
	48		3.38±0.22	0.24±0.02	2.98±0.23		2.68±0.20	0.01±0.01	3.91±0.20
	96		2.93±0.25	0.13±0.01	3.54±0.27		2.09±0.16	0.15±0.01	4.36±0.17
	168		2.90±0.22	0.07±0.01	3.64±0.22		1.44±0.10	0.18±0.02	4.98±0.12
Period II	24	13.20	1.28±0.10	0.11±0.01	11.81±0.10	13.20	9.03±0.57	0.33±0.03	3.84±0.71
	48		1.15±0.09	0.47±0.04	11.58±0.12		7.20±0.36	0.57±0.05	5.43±0.59
	96		1.69±0.05	0.32±0.02	11.19±0.06		4.82±0.54	0.32±0.03	8.06±0.39
	168		0.64±0.13	0.16±0.02	12.40±0.15		3.71±0.28	0.12±0.01	9.37±0.29
TCS in mg/day
		TCS				IBU+TCS
	Time(h)	Influent	Effluent		Removed	Influent	Effluent		Removed
			Liquid	Sludge			Liquid	Sludge
Period I	24	1.65	0.03±0.01	0.01±0.01	1.61±0.01	1.65	0.06±0.01	0.07±0.00	1.52±0.01
	48		0.04±0.01	0.11±0.01	1.50±0.01		0.06±0.01	0.23±0.02	1.36±0.03
	96		0.04±0.02	0.02±0.01	1.59±0.02		0.05±0.01	0.15±0.01	1.45±0.02
	168		0.06±0.02	0.01±0.01	1.58±0.02		0.05±0.01	0.07±0.01	1.53±0.01
Period II	24	3.30	0.05±0.01	0.02±0.01	3.23±0.01	3.30	0.03±0.01	0.04±0.01	3.22±0.05
	48		0.05±0.01	0.02±0.01	3.23±0.01		0.03±0.01	0.04±0.01	3.23±0.05
	96		0.07±0.01	0.02±0.01	3.21±0.01		0.03±0.02	0.04±0.01	3.22±0.05
	168		0.05±0.02	0.01±0.01	3.24±0.02		0.03±0.01	0.04±0.02	3.23±0.05