The fate of lindane in the conventional activated sludge treatment process

Chemosphere

Volumn 55, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 81-91

  Kipopoulou, A M ^a   Zouboulis, A ^a   Samara, C ^a   Kouimtzis, Th ^a  

^a ARISTOTLE UNIVERSITY OF THESSALONIKI   (Greece)

Author keywords

Activated sludge process; Lindane; Organochlorine pesticides; Wastewater treatment

Indexed keywords

ACTIVATED SLUDGE PROCESS; BIODEGRADATION; EFFLUENTS; SORPTION; WASTEWATER TREATMENT;

WASTEWATER TREATMENT PLANTS;

SEWAGE TREATMENT;

HEXACHLOROCYCLOHEXANE; LINDANE;

ACTIVATED SLUDGE; ORGANOCHLORINE COMPOUND; PESTICIDE; PILOT SCALE; WASTEWATER TREATMENT;

ADSORPTION; AERATION; ARTICLE; BIODEGRADATION; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; CHEMISTRY; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DOSIMETRY; EFFLUENT; FRACTIONATION; INDUSTRY; KINETICS; METABOLISM; MICROBIOLOGY; PARTITION COEFFICIENT; SEWAGE; SLUDGE; WASTE WATER MANAGEMENT; WATER MANAGEMENT;

EID: 0742306791     PISSN: 00456535     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.chemosphere.2003.11.020     Document Type: Article

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