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Description: Sampling of Microplastics in Water Resource Recovery Facilities: Challenges and...
Sampling of Microplastics in Water Resource Recovery Facilities: Challenges and Limits
Abstract
Since the emerging production and usage of plastic products in the 1950s, the environmental pollution by plastics and microplastics increased. Water Resource Recovery Facilities (WRRFs) may be pathways for microplastics entering limnic systems because of insufficient retention of particles and accumulation in sewage sludge. Therefore, the identification and quantification of microplastic particles in wastewater becomes more important. As there are no standard methods for sampling or analysis yet, there is a need for developing these. A sampling system for wastewater samples had to be developed. This includes the avoiding of plastic materials, sampling of the necessary volume for analysis and enrichment of the particles
Since the emerging production and usage of plastic products in the 1950s, the environmental pollution by plastics and microplastics increased. Water Resource Recovery Facilities (WRRFs) may be pathways for microplastics entering limnic systems because of insufficient retention of particles and accumulation in sewage sludge. Therefore, the identification and quantification of microplastic particles in wastewater becomes more important. As there are no standard methods for sampling or analysis yet, there is a need for developing these. A sampling system for wastewater samples had to be developed. This includes the avoiding of plastic materials, sampling of the necessary volume for analysis and enrichment of the particles
SpeakerWick, Natalie
Presentation time
12:00:00
12:10:00
Session time
11:30:00
12:30:00
SessionKnowledge Development Forum Microplastics in the Water Environment: Should We Be Worried and Why?
Session number8C
TopicBiosolids and Residuals, Global Perspectives, Microconstituents, Research and Innovation
TopicBiosolids and Residuals, Global Perspectives, Microconstituents, Research and Innovation
Author(s)
N. WickN. WickL. BrossS. KrauseC. SchaumF. FischerD. Fischer
Author(s)N. Wick1; N. Wick1; L. Bross2; S. Krause3; C. Schaum2; F. Fischer4; D. Fischer4;
Author affiliation(s)Bundeswehr University Munich, Muenchen1; Bundeswehr University Munich2; Università ¤ t der Bundeswehr, Not US or Canada3; Leibniz Institute of Polymer Research4
SourceProceedings of the Water Environment Federation
Document typeConference Paper
PublisherWater Environment Federation
Print publication date Oct 2020
DOI10.2175/193864718825157589
Volume / Issue
Content sourceWEFTEC
Copyright2020
Word count12

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