| Occurrence and Treatment of DEHP in Water Treatment Plants: Case study in South Korea |
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학술지명 American Chemical Society
저자 Michael S. Wong,강석태,손채원,오건학,장덕수,정영균,탁혜련,홍영민,채선하,전민정,김효전
발표일 2024-01-12
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Currently, a toxic plasticizer, di(2-ethylhexyl) phthalate (DEHP), is recognized as a ubiquitous pollutant in aquatic environments due to the massive utilization of plastics. However, there is still a limited understanding of the occurrence and treatment of DEHP during the potable water utilization due to a lack of long-term field data in the full-scale process of water treatment plants (WTPs). In this study, we investigated the occurrence and removal of DEHP in six conventional WTPs located at various river basins in South Korea from June 2019 to December 2021. During the observation periods, DEHP was found in all samples at concentrations ranging from 0.3 to 8.2 μg/L. Among the unit processes, the removal of DEHP was positively |