Occurrence of Antibiotic Compounds Found in the Water Column and Bottom Sediments from a Stream Receiving Two Wastewater Treatment Plant Effluents in Northern New Jersey: Research Project Summary

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2016-03

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Trenton, N.J. : New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection, Division of Science, Research and Environmental Health

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An urban watershed in northern New Jersey was studied to determine the presence of antibiotic compounds above and below the discharges of two wastewater treatment plants (WWTP). Many antibiotic compounds are not completely removed by conventional wastewater treatment plants which results in these compounds entering receiving waters. The antibiotic compounds which enter waterways from WWTP discharges are assumed to be resistant to biologically mediated degradation.

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New Jersey

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