@ARTICLE{Włodarczyk-Makuła_Maria_PAHs_2004, author={Włodarczyk-Makuła, Maria}, volume={vol. 30}, number={No 4}, pages={119-127}, journal={Archives of Environmental Protection}, howpublished={online}, year={2004}, publisher={Polish Academy of Sciences}, abstract={Sewage and sewage sludge from municipal wastewater treatment plant were analyzed for 16 EPA-PAH. The measurements were conducted to investigate the effect of different treatment stages on PAH content in wastewater and sewage sludge. PAH loads in influent, mechanically and biologically treated sewage, as well as in raw, digested and dewatered sludge were calculated. Mechanical and biological treatment was found to remove 85% of PAH from the influent. Despite of this a daily PAH load introduced into environment was high, and reached 37% of the PAH load in the influent. In sewage it was equal to 46 g PAH-lid, with carcinogenic PAH content of 12%. In waste sludge (filter pressed sludge and sand from sand trap) PAH total load reached 68 gid with 17% of carcinogenic PAH.}, type={Komunikat}, title={PAHs Balance in Municipal Treatment Plant}, URL={http://czasopisma.pan.pl/Content/123659/PDF/13_AE_VOL_30_4_2004_Wlodarczyk_Bilans.pdf}, keywords={wastewater, sewage sludge, polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons, gas chromatography-massspectrometry}, }