%0 Journal Article
%T Occurrence of antidepressants – from wastewater to drinking water
%A Rejment, Mariusz
%A Balcerzak, Wojciech
%J Czasopismo Techniczne
%V 2016
%R 10.4467/2353737XCT.16.204.5953
%N Środowisko 1-Ś (11) 2016
%P 145-155
%K wastewater, surface water, drinking water, sewage sludge, Selective Serotonin Reuptake Inhibitors, SSRI
%@ 0011-4561
%D 2016
%U https://ejournals.eu/czasopismo/czasopismo-techniczne/artykul/occurrence-of-antidepressants-from-wastewater-to-drinking-water
%X 
	The article’s subject is the presence of antidepressants in the wastewater and aquatic environment. The basic characteristics of selected antidepressants were presented. A review of the literature on the occurrence of these compounds in sewage influents and effluents, surface waters and sludge was made. As a general rule, drinking water should be free of any organic, especially pharmaceutical, contaminants. But according to data, the presence of antidepressants in source water for water purification plants poses a threat to their penetration to the water supply system and, eventually, to consumers of water intended for human consumption.