... antibiotics.18,35Accordingly, in this chapter wewill limit our discussion on the pharmaceutical removal by biodegradation and sorp-tion. However, Chapters 10, 11, and 12 inthis book examine ... CONDITIONSThe performance efciency of a biological WWTP depends highly on the operatingconditionsanddesignandmaybeaffectedbydisturbances,suchashighconcentra-tions of pharmaceuticals or potentially ... Batt,A.L.,Kim,S.,andAga,D.S.,Comparisonoftheoccurrenceofantibioticsinfourfull-scale wastewater treatment plants with varying designs and operations.Chemo-sphere,68,428,2007.49. Rasche, M.E., Hyman, M.R., and Arp, D.J.,...