{"id":8479,"date":"2022-08-03T10:56:03","date_gmt":"2022-08-03T14:56:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.tampabaywater.org\/?page_id=8479"},"modified":"2023-12-26T15:17:09","modified_gmt":"2023-12-26T20:17:09","slug":"pharmaceuticals-and-personal-care-products","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.tampabaywater.org\/quality\/water-quality-concerns\/pharmaceuticals-and-personal-care-products\/","title":{"rendered":"Pharmaceuticals and Personal Care Products"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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Pharmaceuticals and Personal Care Products<\/h1><\/div><\/div>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n
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Pharmaceuticals and personal care products (PPCPs) include ingredients in prescription drugs, over-the-counter medications, veterinary drugs, and products used for cosmetic and health reasons. These can make their way into water sources through wastewater, agricultural runoff, septic tanks or landfills.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

These items are not currently regulated in the United States; however, seven hormones were monitored under the third Unregulated Contaminant Monitoring Rule<\/a> (UCMR 3). EPA has concluded that research has not demonstrated a measurable impact on human health from the quantities of hormones, medicines and personal care products that may be detected in drinking water.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Find out more about pharmaceuticals and personal care products from EPA<\/a> and the AWWA<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

How does this affect Tampa Bay Water?<\/strong><\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Levels of medicines, hormones and personal care products can be reduced through advanced treatment technologies, like those at Tampa Bay Water\u2019s surface water<\/a> and desalination<\/a> plants.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Our advanced treatment processes have the capability to address detected concentrations of medicines and personal care products in water. We use a multi-step process to treat water \u2014 it gets progressively cleaner with each step until it meets or is better than all federal, state and local regulations.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

You can help prevent medicines from entering water sources by disposing of them properly<\/a>.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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