Behavior of fluorescent whitening agents during sewage treatment

Water Research

Volumn 32, Issue 6, 1998, Pages 1939-1947

  Poiger, Thomas ^a   Field, Jennifer A ^a   Field, Thomas M ^a   Siegrist, Hansruedi ^a   Giger, Walter ^a  

^a SWISS FEDERAL INSTITUTE OF AQUATIC SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Anaerobic digestion; Detergents; Fluorescent whitening agents; Municipal wastewater treatment; Sewage sludge

Indexed keywords

ADSORPTION; ANAEROBIC DIGESTION; BIOLOGICAL SEWAGE TREATMENT; DETERGENTS; DISCHARGE (FLUID MECHANICS); EXTRACTION; GEOGRAPHICAL REGIONS; HIGH PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; SAMPLING; SEWAGE SLUDGE; SEWAGE TREATMENT PLANTS; WASTEWATER;

FLUORESCENT WHITENING AGENTS; MUNICIPAL WASTEWATER; SOLID PHASE EXTRACTION;

AGENTS;

DETERGENT;

POLLUTANT; SEWAGE TREATMENT; WASTEWATER;

ACTIVATED SLUDGE; ADSORPTION; ARTICLE; BIODEGRADATION; EXTRACTION; HIGH PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; LAUNDRY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEWAGE TREATMENT PLANT; SUPERCRITICAL FLUID EXTRACTION; SWITZERLAND; WASTE WATER MANAGEMENT; WATER SAMPLING;

EID: 0032103553     PISSN: 00431354     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0043-1354(97)00408-9     Document Type: Article

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