Table 1 Characteristics of sewage and treated sewage effluent (TSE).
From: Characterization of nanoplastics and small-sized microplastics in sewage treatment
Sewage | Treated sewage effluent (TSE) | |
|---|---|---|
Chemical oxygen demand (COD) | 200–340 | 30–60 |
Biological oxygen demand5 (BOD5) | 70–160 | < 30 |
Ammonium-N | 46–54 | < 0.1 |
Nitrate- N | 0.2–0.8 | 21–28 |
Total nitrogen (TN) | 47–56 | 22–31 |
Phosphate-P | 4–5.5 | 4.1–4.4 |
