Pharmaceutical Effluent Treatment Plant Report

Effluent,  Antibiotics, Effluent Treatment Plant (ETP),  Pharmaceutical pollution,  Zero LiquidDischarge (ZLD) ,  Advanced oxidation processes ,  hybrid processes

The adoption of the stringent Water (Prevention and Control of Pollution) Act, 1974 by the Govtof India has put a mandate on the industries to install Effluent Treatment Plant (ETP). In thiscontext, this report has been prepared to give an overview of the effluent treatment process witha special focus on the pharmaceutical effluent treatment. This study highlights the challengesinvolved in the treatment of pharmaceutical effluents, failure of conventional treatment systemand the need for advanced treatment processes to treat pharmaceutical effluents. Moreover, italso highlights the international case studies where successful treatment processes have beenimplemented for the removal of pharmaceutical compounds from the effluents.