The process
combination MBR + ozone is selected as BAT for the treatment of hospital waste water. The oxidation with
ozone is an efficient solution to implement in the effluent of municipal waste water treatment plants to
Several studies
have shown that the contribution of hospitals to the overall input
of pharmaceuticals to the municipal WWTPs is minor
Therefore, it is necessary to upgrade
the WWTPs technology with additional oxidative or other physicochemical
treatment steps or/and implement a local treatment of hospital
wastewaters with non-conventional technologies.
Despite the debate on the importance of hospital wastewater as
a significant point source for pharmaceuticals in scientific literature,
Danish hospitals are required to make plans for a reduction
in concentrations of pharmaceuticals occurring in their wastewater
due to political interest in hospital wastewater.