Quantification of total mercury discharges from publicly owned treatment works to Wisconsin surface waters

Water Environment Research

Volumn 68, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 229-234

  Mugan, Thomas J ^a,b  

^a Wisconsin Dept of Natural Resources   (United States)

^b WISCONSIN DEPARTMENT OF NATURAL RESOURCES   (United States)

Author keywords

analysis; effluent; mercury; municipal treatment; removal

Indexed keywords

MERCURY; SURFACE WATER;

ANALYTIC METHOD; ARTICLE; EFFLUENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; WASTE WATER MANAGEMENT;

EID: 0029865988     PISSN: 10614303     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2175/106143096x127668     Document Type: Article

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