Ozonation: A tool for removal of pharmaceuticals, contrast media and musk fragrances from wastewater?

Water Research

Volumn 37, Issue 8, 2003, Pages 1976-1982

  Ternes, Thomas A ^a   Stüber, Jeannette ^a   Herrmann, Nadine ^a   McDowell, Derek ^a   Ried, Achim ^b   Kampmann, Martin ^b   Teiser, Bernhard ^c  

^a ESWE Institute for Water Research and Water Technology   (Germany)

^b Wedeco Umwelttechnologie   (Germany)

^c Abwasserverband Braunschweig   (Germany)

Author keywords

Contrast media; Estrogens; Ozonation; Pharmaceuticals; Polycyclic musks; Wastewater

Indexed keywords

ANTIBODIES; CHEMICALS REMOVAL (WATER TREATMENT); CONTRAST MEDIA; DISINFECTION; DRUG PRODUCTS; EFFLUENTS; FRAGRANCES; METABOLITES; SEWAGE TREATMENT PLANTS; ULTRAVIOLET RADIATION;

ESTROGEN;

OZONE WATER TREATMENT;

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; ANTICONVULSIVE AGENT; ANTIINFLAMMATORY AGENT; ATENOLOL; BETA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; CARBAMAZEPINE; CLARITHROMYCIN; CLOFIBRIC ACID; CONTRAST MEDIUM; DIATRIZOATE; DICLOFENAC; DRUG; ERYTHROMYCIN; ESTRONE; FENOFIBRIC ACID; FRAGRANCE; HYDROGEN PEROXIDE; IBUPROFEN; INDOMETACIN; IOMEPROL; IOPAMIDOL; IOPROMIDE; MERCURY; MUSK; NAPROXEN; OZONE; ROXITHROMYCIN; SULFAMETHOXAZOLE; TRIMETHOPRIM; UNINDEXED DRUG;

DISINFECTION; ESTROGENIC COMPOUND; OZONATION; WASTEWATER TREATMENT;

ANALYTIC METHOD; ARTICLE; DISINFECTION; EFFLUENT; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY; LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; OXIDATION; OZONATION; PRESSURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEWAGE TREATMENT PLANT; TANDEM MASS SPECTROMETRY; ULTRAVIOLET RADIATION; WASTE WATER MANAGEMENT; X RAY;

EID: 0242417081     PISSN: 00431354     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0043-1354(02)00570-5     Document Type: Article

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