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TABLE 8.5
Removal.Eficiency.by.Different.AC.Treatments.in.Bench-Scale.Tests.(Hormones.and.Antibiotics)

PercentageRemoval(%)

Powder
Activated
Carbon,
20mg/L f
Androstenedione 58 89 84 68 >98 >98 63 >98
Erythromycin 44 48 50 64 NA NA NA NA
Estradiol 2 93 91 71 >97 >97 64 97
Estriol 55 NA NA 61 NA NA NA NA
Estrone 78 NA NA 75 NA NA NA NA
Ethinylestradiol 67 87 83 61 >98 >98 57 >98
Progesterone 89 92 87 77 >94 >94 66 >94
Sulfamethoxazole 42 6 40 43 41 46 <1 >78
Testosterone 36 87 83 67 99 98 60 99
Trimethoprim 38 92 91 79 >96 >96 81 >96
Source: . Data.extracted.from.Snyder.S.A..et.al.,.American.Waterworks.Association.Research.Foundation.(AWWARF),.2007.
All.bench-scale.experiments.were.tested.at.4.h.contact.time.with.100.rpm.stirring.
a. Colorado.River.water.and.WPM-carbon.
b. Ohio.River.water.and.AC800-carbon.
c. Ohio.River.water.and.WMP-carbon.
d. Passaic.River.water.and.WMP-carbon.
e. Suwannee.River.water.and.AC800-carbon.
f.

Powder
Activated
Carbon,
5mg/L a

Powder
Activated
Carbon,
5mg/L b

Powder
Activated
Carbon,
5mg/L c

Powder
Activated
Carbon,
5mg/L d

Powder
Activated
Carbon,
5mg/L e

Powder
Activated
Carbon,
5mg/L f

Powder
Activated
Carbon,
1mg/L f Compound

Suwannee.River.water.and.WMP-carbon.