This is the author accepted manuscriptOver the past decade the research surrounding the occurrence, source, fate and removal of
emerging pollutants has been increasing. The aim of this study was to create an add-on program which
analyses the removal of emerging pollutants, to an existing decision support tool (WiSDOM). The tool was
also used to evaluate the performance of each optimal solution in terms of removal of conventional
pollutants using Multi Objective Genetic Algorithms and Multi Criteria Decision Analysis. Information was
collated regarding minimum and maximum concentrations of emerging pollutants for surface water,
groundwater, untreated wastewater, drinking water and treated wastewater. This information was used to
populate an Excel Spreadsheet Program (ESP) which analysed the removal efficiencies of 13 different
emerging pollutants for 42 wastewater treatment unit processes. The ESP is incorporated into the WiSDOM
tool to allow the tool to calculate the removal of emerging pollutants. Three main scenarios were created to
test the application of the tool and ESP. Scenario 1 focussed on the removal of emerging pollutants from
from areas effected by tourism at different scales. Scenario 2 looked at the treatment suited for the removal
of emerging pollutants from different socio-economic regions. Lastly, Scenario 3 looked at removing
emerging pollutants from hospital and industrial wastewater. The scenarios were focused on wastewater
treatment in India and investigated the removal of 13 emerging pollutants commonly found in India.Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (EPSRC)European CommissionNatural Environment Research Council (NERC
