Sulfamethoxzole （SMX） and trimethoprim （TMP）, two combined-using sulfonamide antibiotics, have gained increasing attention in the surface water, groundwater and the drinking water because of the ecological risk. T...Sulfamethoxzole （SMX） and trimethoprim （TMP）, two combined-using sulfonamide antibiotics, have gained increasing attention in the surface water, groundwater and the drinking water because of the ecological risk. The removal of TMP and SMX by artificial composite soil treatment system （ACST） with different infiltration rates was systematically investigated using K＋, Na＋, Ca2＋, Mg2＋ hydrogeochemical indexes. Batch experiments showed that the sorption onto the low-cost and commercially available clay ceramsites was effective for the removal of SMX and TMP from water. The column with more silty clay at high infiltration rate （1.394 m·d^-1） had removal rates of 80% to 90% for TMP and 60% to 70% for SMX. High SMX and TMP removal rates had a higher effluent concentration of K＋, Ca2＋ and Mg2＋ and had a lower effluent Na＋ concentration. Removal was strongly related to sorption. The results showed that the removal of SMX and TMP was related to hydrogeochemical processes. In this study, ACST is determined to be applicable to the drinking water plants.展开更多
基金Acknowledgements The authors thank Beijing Natural Science Founda- tion （J150004）, the National Natural Science Foundation of China （Grant No. 51408335） and Key Project of Natural Science Foundation of China （41130637） for the financial support of this work.
文摘Sulfamethoxzole （SMX） and trimethoprim （TMP）, two combined-using sulfonamide antibiotics, have gained increasing attention in the surface water, groundwater and the drinking water because of the ecological risk. The removal of TMP and SMX by artificial composite soil treatment system （ACST） with different infiltration rates was systematically investigated using K＋, Na＋, Ca2＋, Mg2＋ hydrogeochemical indexes. Batch experiments showed that the sorption onto the low-cost and commercially available clay ceramsites was effective for the removal of SMX and TMP from water. The column with more silty clay at high infiltration rate （1.394 m·d^-1） had removal rates of 80% to 90% for TMP and 60% to 70% for SMX. High SMX and TMP removal rates had a higher effluent concentration of K＋, Ca2＋ and Mg2＋ and had a lower effluent Na＋ concentration. Removal was strongly related to sorption. The results showed that the removal of SMX and TMP was related to hydrogeochemical processes. In this study, ACST is determined to be applicable to the drinking water plants.
