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Hospital Wastewater Treatment Process

1. The characteristics of hospital sewage Hospital waste water contains some special pollutants, such as drugs, disinfectants, diagnostic agents, detergents, and a large number of pathogenic microorganisms, parasite eggs and various viruses (such as roundworm eggs, hepatitis virus, tuberculosis and dysentery) . In addition, there are radioactive substances such as radium 226, phosphorus, gold ...

Photodegradation of some brominated and phenolic micropollutants in raw hospital wastewater with CeO2 and TiO2 nanoparticles

In this study, the degradations of 2,3,4,5,6-pentabromotoluene (PBT), 2,3,4,5,6-pentabromoethyl benzene (PBEB), triclosan (TCS) and gemfibrozil (GFZ) in raw hospital wastewater were investigated ...

Salher supplies two new hospital wastewater treatments in Paraguay

The Paraguayan Instituto de Previsión Social is implementing renovations and improvements in some of the country’s hospitals. For the modernization of their wastewater treatment systems, they have relied on Salher moving bed biofilm ...

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Wastewater Sterilisation/Decontamination System

Thermal inactivation of infectious wastewater and treatment of radioactive wastewater. Specialised solutions for wastewater treatment for laboratories and research institutes Wastewater treatment in laboratories and research institutes is a challenge that can be safely mastered by using our specialised plants. Our Sterifix plants are used for wastewater sterilisation in the pharmaceutical ...