Effect of Toxicity of Selected Pollutants on the Efficiency of a Municipal Wastewater Treatment Plant: A Case Study

Abstract

The “COVID-19” pandemic led Vodárenská akciová společnost, a.s., to start monitoring wastewater toxicity due to the fact that toxic wastewater began to flow into wastewater treatment plants during the pandemic. Parameters such as toxicity and ecotoxicity are not routinely monitored in wastewater treatment plants. As part of the project, samples from the location were analyzed, with sampling sites selected to obtain wastewater samples of different origins. These samples were then subjected to toxicity tests on several organisms.The “COVID-19” pandemic led Vodárenská akciová společnost, a.s., to start monitoring wastewater toxicity due to the fact that toxic wastewater began to flow into wastewater treatment plants during the pandemic. Parameters such as toxicity and ecotoxicity are not routinely monitored in wastewater treatment plants. As part of the project, samples from the location were analyzed, with sampling sites selected to obtain wastewater samples of different origins. These samples were then subjected to toxicity tests on several organisms.