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TABLE 8.6
Removal.Eficiency.by.Different.AC.Treatments.in.Bench-Scale.Tests.(Other.Pharmaceutical.Compounds)

PercentageRemoval(%)

Powder
Activated
Carbon,
20mg/L f
Acetaminophen 88 61 70 68 85 86 30 >90
Caffeine 16 74 75 64 89 83 <1 95
Carbamazepine 55 80 79 62 94 92 40 99
Diazepam 56 69 69 52 96 92 43 99
Diclofenac 64 49 38 45 36 51 −2 >93
Dilantin < 1 44 40 46 85 81 26 >93
Floxetine 93 94 93 89 >93 >93 85 >93
Gemibrozil < 1 51 38 18 60 57 17 >96
Hydrocodone 70 NA NA 74 NA NA NA NA
Ibuprofen 48 20 2 17 12 37 3 80
Iopromide 33 6 9 30 30 53 14 >92
Meprobamate < 1 26 31 32 58 45 9 94
Naproxen 86 41 44 49 43 62 <1 >86
Oxybenzone 93 >97 >97 92 91 92 76 >95
Pentoxifylline 65 82 82 66 >93 >93 45 >93
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

Powdered
Activated
Carbon,
1mg/L f Compound

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