Abstract

Rekhapalli Sri Shreya¹ and Geetha Kannan²

DOI : http://dx.doi.org/10.13005/ojc/330660

Over the recent past, there has been a growing concern regarding the sources and effects of pharmaceutical products in the water bodies. Improper disposal of these medications have resulted in their accumulation in the environment and has eventually led to them contaminating the waters. The most common pollutant is aspirin and in this study, comparative treatment methods of aspirin in water were performed to identify the most suitable ,simple and cost effective quantitative method for its removal.. The treatability of aspirin by Ozonation, Aeration, Adsorption, and Photocatalytic degradation were studied in batch processes and parameters influencing the process were optimized.

Aspirin; salicylic acid; treatment methods; pharmaceutical pollution; aeration; adsorption; ozonation; photocatalysis

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