Pilot plant study to assess the fate of two volatile methyl siloxane compounds during municipal wastewater treatment

Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry

Volumn 18, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 172-181

  Parker, Wayne J ^a   Shi, Jichun ^b   Fendinger, Nicholas J ^b   Monteith, Hugh D ^c   Chandra, Grish ^d  

^a CARLETON UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b PROCTER AND GAMBLE COMPANY   (United States)

^c Enviromega Ltd   (Canada)

^d DOW CORNING CORPORATION   (United States)

Author keywords

Adsorption; Environmental fate; Municipal wastewater treatment; Siloxanes; Volatilization

Indexed keywords

MASS BALANCES; VOLATILE METHYL SILOXANE COMPOUNDS;

ADSORPTION; COMPUTER SIMULATION; EFFLUENTS; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; GAS EMISSIONS; RISK ASSESSMENT; SAMPLING; SLUDGE DISPOSAL; VAPORIZATION; VOLATILE ORGANIC COMPOUNDS; WATER AERATION;

WASTEWATER TREATMENT;

SILOXANE;

ACTIVATED SLUDGE; MUNICIPAL WASTE; VOLATILE ORGANIC COMPOUND; WASTEWATER; WATER TREATMENT;

ADSORPTION; ARTICLE; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT ASSESSMENT; POLLUTION TRANSPORT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; VOLATILIZATION; WASTE WATER MANAGEMENT; WATER QUALITY;

EID: 0033082024     PISSN: 07307268     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1897/1551-5028(1999)018<0172:PPSTAT>2.3.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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