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Data Science applied to the sanitation sector: an investigation in open databases

IWRA 2023 Online Conference - Emerging Pollutants: Protecting Water Quality for the Health of People and the Environment
Theme 3: Emerging pollutants and wastewater
Author(s): Simão Pedro de Oliveira Urpia

Simão Pedro de Oliveira Urpia, Federal University of Bahia (UFBA), Chemical Engineering Department


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Abstract

OBJECTIVE

To perform an analysis through investigation of open data on emerging pharmaceutical pollutants occurrence in wastewater

 

MOTIVATION

Worldwide increase in drug consumption is occurring, mainly due to population growth, life expectancy, and people's consumption pattern (REIS et al., 2019).
Monitoring emerging pollutants in wastewater and treatment plants, is usually a highly complex task; several collections must be made, the collection and analysis equipment generates continuous costs, and presents detection limitations.

 

Wednesday, January 18th,2023, 17:15 CET

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