The preliminary tests designed to evaluate the
filtering and purifying performance of D. polymorpha have been described in detail by Binelli et al. [21]. In that study, the following issues have been discussed: (1) the adaptation of D. polymorpha to wastewater; (2) the estimation of D. polymorpha
filtering efficiency; and (3) the analysis of D. polymorpha capacity in the removal of new classes of environmental pollutants (pharmaceuticals and personal care
products and illicit drugs)