Advanced Treatment of Pesticide-Containing Wastewater Using Fenton Reagent Enhanced by Microwave Electrodeless Ultraviolet

Table 1

Physical/chemical characteristics of fresh wastewater and the biotreated wastewater.

Concentration (mg/L)	Fresh wastewater	Effluent after biological treatment
pH	6.0~6.8	~7.0
TSS	618.85 ± 70.90	<15
COD	1540.34 ± 202.12	183.2 ± 9.95
BOD5	336.58 ± 20.86	<15
Dimethoate; (C5H12NO3PS2)	15.66 ± 3.38	14.71 ± 0.79
Triazophos; (C12H16N3O3PS)	6.11 ± 0.63	5.87 ± 0.89
Malathion; (C10H19O6PS2)	31.65 ± 4.77	24.53 ± 4.16