Dissolved organics in tannery wastewaters and their alteration by a combined anaerobic and aerobic treatment

Water Research

Volumn 31, Issue 5, 1997, Pages 1035-1046

  Reemtsma, Thorsten ^a   Jekel, Martin ^a  

^a TECHNISCHE UNIVERSITÄT BERLIN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Aquatic toxicity; Biological treatment; Dissolved organic matter; GC MS analyses; Tannery wastewater

Indexed keywords

BIOCHEMICAL OXYGEN DEMAND; BIOLOGICAL SEWAGE TREATMENT; BIOLOGICAL WATER TREATMENT; CHEMICAL OXYGEN DEMAND; TOXICITY;

AEROBIC TREATMENT; ANAEROBIC TREATMENT; DISSOLVED ORGANIC MATTER; DISSOLVED ORGANICS; TANNERY WASTEWATER;

WASTEWATER;

ALCOHOL DERIVATIVE; ALIPHATIC CARBOXYLIC ACID; AROMATIC CARBOXYLIC ACID; CYCLOHEXANE DERIVATIVE; INDOLE DERIVATIVE; ORGANIC MATTER; PHENOL DERIVATIVE;

AEROBIC METABOLISM; ANAEROBIC METABOLISM; ARTICLE; FRACTIONATION; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY; LEATHER INDUSTRY; LUMINESCENCE; MASS SPECTROMETRY; MINERALIZATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY CONTROL; WASTE WATER MANAGEMENT;

EID: 0031149145     PISSN: 00431354     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0043-1354(96)00382-X     Document Type: Article

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