TY  - JOUR
A1  - Londong, Jörg
A1  - Barth, Marcus
A1  - Söbke, Heinrich
T1  - Reducing antimicrobial resistances by source separation of domestic wastewater
JF  - Frontiers in Environmental Health
N2  - Antimicrobial resistances (AMR) are ranked among the top ten threats to public health and societal development worldwide. Toilet wastewater contained in domestic wastewater is a significant source of AMR entering the aquatic environment. The current commonly implemented combined sewer systems at times cause overflows during rain events, resulting in the discharge of untreated wastewater into the aquatic environment, thus promoting AMR. In this short research article, we describe an approach to transform combined sewer systems into source separation-modified combined sewer systems that separately treat toilet wastewater. We employ simulations for demonstrating that source separation-modified combined sewer systems reduce the emission of AMR- causing substances by up to 11.5 logarithm levels. Thus, source separation- modified combined sewer systems are amongst the most effective means of combating AMR.
KEYWORDS
KW  - Allgemeinheit
KW  - Öffentlichkeit
KW  - Gesundheit
KW  - Kanal
KW  - Abwasser
KW  - Antibiotikum
KW  - Resistenz
KW  - OA-Publikationsfonds2023
Y1  - 2023
U6  - http://nbn-resolving.de/urn/resolver.pl?urn:nbn:de:gbv:wim2-20230403-49483
UR  - https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fenvh.2023.1151898/full
VL  - 2023
IS  - Volume 2, article 1151898
SP  - 1
EP  - 5
PB  - Frontiers Media
CY  - Lausanne
ER  -