The behavior of phosphonates in wastewater treatment plants of Switzerland

Water Research

Volumn 32, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 1271-1279

  Nowack, Bernd ^a,b  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b SWISS FEDERAL LABORATORIES FOR MATERIALS SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Anaerobic degradation; ATMP; DTPMP; EDTA; EDTMP; Elimination; Environmental impact; Phosphonates; Sewage treatment

Indexed keywords

ANAEROBIC DIGESTION; BIODEGRADATION; BIOLOGICAL SEWAGE TREATMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; INDUSTRIAL WATER TREATMENT; ORGANIC ACIDS; SORPTION;

ANAEROBIC DEGRADATION; PHOSPHONATE; WASTEWATER TREATMENT PLANT;

WASTEWATER TREATMENT;

EDETIC ACID; PHOSPHONIC ACID DERIVATIVE;

POLLUTANT REMOVAL; WASTE WATER; WATER TREATMENT PLANT;

ANAEROBIC DIGESTION; ARTICLE; DETOXIFICATION; EFFLUENT; MINERALIZATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SWITZERLAND; TEXTILE INDUSTRY; WASTE WATER MANAGEMENT;

EID: 0032055058     PISSN: 00431354     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0043-1354(97)00338-2     Document Type: Article

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