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Can anything be done to remove pharmaceuticals from surface waters?

April 26, 2017pharmaceuticals remove waters

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Can anything be done to remove pharmaceuticals from surface waters?

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In general, wastewater treatment plants are capable of removing some of the pharmaceuticals in the waste stream; however, they were not designed to remove these compounds. Due to the number of pharmaceuticals and the different types of wastewater treatment plants, it is difficult to know the performance of every plant with every pharmaceutical.