Photosensitivity sources of dissolved organic matter from wastewater treatment plants and their mediation effect on 17α-ethinylestradiol photodegradation  

作　　者：Zhicheng Liao Bei Li Juhong Zhan Huan He Xiaoxia Yang Dongxu Zhou Guoxi Yu Chaochao Lai Bin Huan Xuejun Pan 

机构地区：[1]Faculty of Environmental Science and Engineering,Kunming University of Science and Technology,Kunming 650500,China [2]Research Institute for Environmental Innovation(Suzhou),Tsinghua,Suzhou 215163,China [3]Yunnan Provincial Key Laboratory of Carbon Sequestration and Pollution Control in Soils,Kunming 650500,China

出　　处：《Frontiers of Environmental Science & Engineering》2023年第6期49-62,共14页环境科学与工程前沿（英文）

基　　金：This research was supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China(Grant Nos.21866017 and 42067056);the Yunnan Fundamental Research Projects(China)(202101BE070001-013 and 202201AU070157);the Foundation for Distinguished Young Talents of Yunnan Province(China)(202101AV070006).

摘　　要：Dissolved organic matter(DOM)from each treatment process of wastewater treatment plants(WWTPs)contains abundant photosensitive substances,which could significantly affect the photodegradation of 17α-ethinylestradiol(EE2).Nevertheless,information about EE2 photodegradation behavior mediated by DOM from diverse WWTPs and the photosensitivity sources of such DOM are inadequate.This study explored the photodegradation behavior of EE2 mediated by four typical WWTPs’DOM solutions and investigated the photosensitivity sources of DOM in the anaerobic-anoxic-oxic(A2/O)process.The parallel factor analysis identified three varying fluorescing components of these DOM,tryptophan-like substances or protein-like substances,microbial humuslike substances,and humic-like components.The photodegradation rate constants of EE2 were positively associated with the humification degree of DOM(P<0.05).The triplet state substances were responsible for the degradation of EE2.DOM extracted from the A2/O process,especially in the secondary treatment process had the fastest EE2 photodegradation rate compared to that of the other three processes.Four types of components(water-soluble organic matter(WSOM),extracellular polymeric substance,humic acid,and fulvic acid)were separated from the A2/O process DOM.WSOM had the highest promotion effect on EE2 photodegradation.Fulvic acid-like components and humic acid-like organic compounds in WSOM were speculated to be important photosensitivity substances that can generate triplet state substances.This research explored the physicochemical properties and photosensitive sources of DOM in WWTPs,and explained the fate of estrogens photodegradation in natural waters.

关 键 词：Photosensitivity sources 17α-ethinylestradiol PHOTODEGRADATION Dissolved organic matter Wastewater treatment plants 

分 类 号：X703[环境科学与工程—环境工程]