Study Considers Wastewater Plants’ Role in Great Lakes Chemicals Concerns

Wastewater treatment plants need to assess the effectiveness of their treatment technologies to deal with an increasing number of “chemicals of emerging concern” (CECs) being discharged into the Great Lakes. That’s the conclusion of a recent report issued by the International Joint Commission (IJC), which assessed the effectiveness of existing wastewater treatment technologies in the Great Lakes Basin to remove CECs.In the report, “Protecting Our Great Lakes: Assessing the Effectiveness of Wastewater Treatments for the Removal of Chemicals of Emerging Concern,” the IJC – an advisory body to the U.S. and Canadian governments on Great Lakes water quality – called