• Login
    View Item 
    •   Home
    • University Colleges
    • SUNY Plattsburgh
    • Student Work
    • SUNY Plattsburgh Center for Earth and Environmental Science Student Work
    • View Item
    •   Home
    • University Colleges
    • SUNY Plattsburgh
    • Student Work
    • SUNY Plattsburgh Center for Earth and Environmental Science Student Work
    • View Item
    JavaScript is disabled for your browser. Some features of this site may not work without it.

    Browse

    All of SUNY Open Access RepositoryCommunitiesPublication DateAuthorsTitlesSubjectsDepartmentThis CollectionPublication DateAuthorsTitlesSubjectsDepartmentAuthor ProfilesView

    My Account

    LoginRegister

    Campus Communities in SOAR

    Alfred State CollegeBrockportBroomeCantonDownstateDutchessEmpireFarmingdaleFinger LakesFredoniaMaritimeNew PaltzNiagaraOld WestburyOneontaOnondagaOptometryOswegoPlattsburghPurchase CollegePolytechnic InstituteSUNY Office of Workforce Development and Upward MobilitySUNY PressUpstate Medical

    Statistics

    Most Popular ItemsStatistics by CountryMost Popular Authors

    Microplastic Pollution: A Survey of Wastewater Effluent in Plattsburgh, NY

    • CSV
    • RefMan
    • EndNote
    • BibTex
    • RefWorks
    Thumbnail
    Name:
    fulltext.pdf
    Size:
    19.94Mb
    Format:
    PDF
    Description:
    poster
    Download
    Average rating
     
       votes
    Cast your vote
    You can rate an item by clicking the amount of stars they wish to award to this item. When enough users have cast their vote on this item, the average rating will also be shown.
    Star rating
     
    Your vote was cast
    Thank you for your feedback
    Author
    Buksa, Brandon
    Niekrewicz, Thomas
    Keyword
    wastewater treatment effluent
    microplastic
    microfibers
    wet peroxide oxidation
    Date Published
    2016
    
    Metadata
    Show full item record
    URI
    http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12648/877
    Abstract
    Microplastic pollution in freshwater ecosystems is an emerging topic in aquatic pollution science. Primary microplastics were designed to be small (e.g., microbeads, pre-production plastic nurdles) and secondary microplastics result from photo and mechanical degradation. Origin of microplastics are often associated with consumer use of personal care items (e.g., facial cleansers and toothpastes) which are too small to be captured with current wastewater treatment plant (WWTP) technologies. Ongoing research cites dangers resulting in their propensity to absorb harmful chemicals and bioaccumulate up the food chain. We surveyed WWTP post-treatment effluent (N = 11) from the city of Plattsburgh, NY wastewater treatment plant in fall 2015. Effluent samples were collected and digested using wet peroxide oxidation methods, followed by characterization based on type and size. The majority of microplastics in wastewater effluent were identified as fibers (51%), as compared to similar proportions of pellets/beads (12%), films (15%), fragment (18%), and lesser films (4%). The largest (>=1mm) and smallest (<=125µm) were predominantly fibers (87%) and (44%), respectively. Diversity of microplastic type (e.g., film, fragment, foam) increased with decreasing particle size. On high and low flow rate days, more bead/pellet and films were collected respectively. Microplastics have been an emerging concern in aquatic life as they can absorb harmful chemicals and bioaccumulate up the food chain. This research from Lake Champlain can serve as a basis for further microplastic studies in the Lake Champlain watershed.
    Description
    Student poster, Center for Earth and Environmental Science, SUNY Plattsburgh
    Collections
    SUNY Plattsburgh Center for Earth and Environmental Science Student Work

    entitlement

     

    DSpace software (copyright © 2002 - 2025)  DuraSpace
    Quick Guide | Contact Us
    Open Repository is a service operated by 
    Atmire NV
     

    Export search results

    The export option will allow you to export the current search results of the entered query to a file. Different formats are available for download. To export the items, click on the button corresponding with the preferred download format.

    By default, clicking on the export buttons will result in a download of the allowed maximum amount of items.

    To select a subset of the search results, click "Selective Export" button and make a selection of the items you want to export. The amount of items that can be exported at once is similarly restricted as the full export.

    After making a selection, click one of the export format buttons. The amount of items that will be exported is indicated in the bubble next to export format.