Iranian Researchers Study Water Treatment Plants for Amoxicillin Content

Synthesis of nanostructured Ti/TiO2/ZnO/GOx bio-photocatalyst was carried out with the help of accurate material identification tools.

Antibiotics disposed into wastewater reach wastewater treatment plants and surface waters and act as micro-pollutants. As antibiotics pose various problems related to treatment and reuse, it is imperative to remove them from wastewater.

Accordingly, the presence of highly prescribed antibiotics in the effluent of the treatment plants has been confirmed.

Among these antibiotics, amoxicillin is considered a new and important micropollutant for analysis.

It has a high consumption rate in terms of resistance to biological treatment and the risk of the growth of bacteria resistant to amoxicillin, which threatens human health and the environment.

Considering the ineffectiveness of biological methods that are common in treatment plants and the absorption method in controlling and reducing this pollutant, the photocatalytic method was proposed to break down non-biodegradable pollutants.

As amoxicillin can damage the environment and human health and that conventional treatment plants are not designed to break down antibiotics, especially amoxicillin, it was necessary to design a new system to remove this micropollutant.

Designing and building a microfluidic system for the production of photocatalysts at low temperatures to purify the amoxicillin micropollutant can help remove harmful substances from the environment and ecosystem.

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