UV LED disinfection efficacy and the impacts on micropollutants during wastewater recycling processes
Open Access
- 30 September 2026
- journal article
- Published by Royal Society of Chemistry (RSC) in RSC Advances
- Vol. 16 (43) , 52458-52470
Abstract
Pilot-scale UV LED treatment effectively disinfected wastewater but unexpectedly increased acetaminophen levels by cleaving its conjugated metabolites. This reveals a hidden release pathway that poses consequent environmental risks.Keywords
Funding Information
- Ministerstvo Školství, Mládeže a Tělovýchovy (LM2023069)
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