As the modern society is rapidly developing and people become affluent in materials, many new chemical compounds in different forms of products (e.g., antibiotics, pesticides, detergents, personal care products and plastic goods) are produced, used, and disposed of to the environments. Some of them are persistently having a harmful impact on the environment and mimicking endocrine properties; in general they are present in the environment at low concentrations, so they are called organic pollutants. These organic micropollutants flow to sewage treatment plants via different routes. In this study, the generation characteristics, exposure pathways, detection levels, and environmental impacts of organic micropollutants were critically reviewed. In addition, currently available risk assessment methods and management systems for the compounds were reviewed. The United States Environmental Protection Agency (US EPA), for example, has monitored organic micropollutants and set the monitoring and management of some of the compounds as a priority. To effectively manage organic micropollutants in sewer systems, therefore, we should first monitor organic micropollutants of potential concern and then make a watch list of specific substances systematically, as described in guidelines on listing water pollutants in industrial wastewater.

1. 서 론
 2. 미량유기물질의 발생 특성 및 노출 경로
 3. 국내․외 하수도시설의 미량유기물질검출 사례 및 환경에 미치는 영향
  3.1 의약물질 및 생활화학 제품(PPCPs)
  3.2 프탈레이트 (Phthalates)
  3.3 과불화합물 (Perfluorinated Compounds)
  3.4 기타 미량유기물질
 4. 하수처리시설 신규 미량유기물질의 위해성 평가방법 및 관리체계 고찰
  4.1 해외 미량유기물질의 위해성 평가방법
  4.2 해외 하수처리시설의 신규 미량유기물질에 대한관리체계
  4.3 국내 산업폐수 등 배출․처리 시설에서 신규 미량유기물질 관리체계
 5. 결 론
 References

• 정동환(국립환경과학원 상하수도연구과, National Institute of Environmental Research) | Dong-Hwan Jeong
• 함상이(서울시립대학교 환경공학과, Department of Environmental Engineering, University of Seoul) | Sang-Yee Ham
• 이원석(국립환경과학원 상하수도연구과, National Institute of Environmental Research) | Wonseok Lee
• 정현미(국립환경과학원 상하수도연구과, National Institute of Environmental Research) | Hyenmi Chung
• 김현욱(서울시립대학교 환경공학과, Department of Environmental Engineering, University of Seoul) | Hyunook Kim Corresponding author