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Biological treatment combined with ozonation<br />

Green algae: photosynthesis inhibition<br />

Green algae: growth inhibition<br />

YES assay: estrogenic effects<br />

ER CALUX: estrogenic effects<br />

AR CALUX: <strong>and</strong>rogenic effects<br />

GR CALUX: glucocorticoid like effects<br />

PR CALUX: progesterone like effects<br />

PPARg1 CALUX<br />

-20% 0% 20% 40% 60% 80% 100%<br />

Elimination Ozonation<br />

Swiss Centre for Applied Ecotoxicology, Eawag/EPFL · Überl<strong>and</strong>strasse 133 · CH-8600 Dübendorf<br />

www.oekotoxzentrum.ch<br />

'Old' biology<br />

Moving bed biology<br />

Figure 13: Elimination efficiencies (%) in the ozonation treatment with wastewater from the “old” biology<br />

(SB) (1 st MC) <strong>and</strong> from the moving bed biology (LF) (2 nd to 4 th MC, mean ± SD) for specific effects<br />

measured in in vitro bioassays.<br />

Green algae: photosynthesis inhibition<br />

Green algae: growth inhibition<br />

YES assay: estrogenic effects<br />

ER CALUX: estrogenic effects<br />

AR CALUX: <strong>and</strong>rogenic effects<br />

GR CALUX: glucocorticoid like effects<br />

PR CALUX: progesterone like effects<br />

PPARg1 CALUX<br />

-40% -20% 0% 20% 40% 60% 80% 100%<br />

Elimination Ozonation<br />

0.5 g O3/g DOC<br />

0.7 g O3/g DOC<br />

0.8 g O3/g DOC<br />

1.1 g O3/g DOC<br />

Figure 14: Elimination efficiencies (%) in the ozonation treatments for each <strong>of</strong> the four measurement<br />

campaigns regarding specific effects measured in in vitro bioassays.<br />

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