Specific Location

Map locations

Country

MP size range

MP concentration (particles kg−1 d.w.b and w.wc)

References

(7 WWTPs,)

35

Ireland

250 µm - 4 mm

4196 - 15,385a

Mahon et al., 2017 [113]

(7 WWTPs,)

11

Netherlands

0.7 µm - 5 mm

370 - 950b

Leslie et al., [33]

Lysekil

2

Sweden

300 µm - 5 mm

16.7a × 104

Magnusson and Norén, 2014 [112]

Ithaca, New York

36

USA

No Data

About 1000 - 4000a

Zubris and Ricahrd, 2017 [19]

Los Angeles County

14

USA

<5 mm

5000

Carr et al., 2016 [111]

(28 WWTPs,)

37

China

37 µm - 5 mm

1565 - 56,386b

Li et al., 2018 [176]

Oldenburg

9

Germany

<5 mm

1000 to 24,000b

Mintening et al., 2014, 2017 [116] [117]

Seelze

38

Germany

20 to 100 µm

495,000b

Sujathan et al., 2017 [170]

Glasgow

5

UK

1.34 - 1.62 mm

About 2000c

Murphy et al., 2016 [117]

Mikkeli

1

Finland

<1 mm

8.2-301.4c

Lares et al., 2018 [143]

Vancouver

24

Canada

64 µm

4400c

Gies et al., 2018 [149]

(10 WWTPs)

39

Norway

54 µm to 5 mm

6 077b

Lusher et al., 2018 [169]

Jiangsu

40

China

25 to >500 μm

1.6 and 0.7c

Lv et al., 2019 [156]

Wuhan

41

China

100 to 800 μm

24,030b

Liu et al., 2019 [157]

Beijing

26

China

681.46 μm   

95.16a

Yang et al., 2019 [151]

Italy

42

Italy

0.5 - 0.1 mm

113,000b

Magni et al., 2019 [160]