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What can be done to remove pharmaceuticals from drinking water?

by The Brazos River Authority

While water treatment plants can remove some chemicals, at this time, wastewater systems are not designed to remove pharmaceuticals. At this point, the best way to reduce the amount of chemicals in our water is at their source.

Pharmaceuticals enter the water cycle through a variety of sources including drugs that pass through the human body or domestic animals that are not completely absorbed and byproducts of the pharmaceutical manufacturing process.

Additionally, improper disposal of old or unneeded drugs at homes or medical facilities are another factor that is probably the easiest to change. Federal officials encourage people with unwanted or leftover drugs to not flush them or throw them away, but instead take advantage of local drug take back or hazardous waste collection programs. For more information on this issue, go here.

Tags: water, treatment, pharmaceuticals, medicine

| Environmental | Water Treatment

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The Brazos River Authority was created by the Texas Legislature in 1929 as the first state agency in the country with the purpose of developing and managing the water resources of an entire river basin. Today, the Authority develops and distributes water supplies, provides water and wastewater treatment, monitors water quality, and pursues water conservation through public education programs. Although the Authority is an agency of the state, it does not levy or collect taxes and is entirely self-supporting.

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