Humic substances affecting the limitation of the activated sludge process for removal of micropollutants

Water Science and Technology

Volumn 38, Issue 7 pt 6, 1998, Pages 217-225

  Matsui, Saburo ^a   Yamamoto, Hiroshi ^b   Shimizu, Yoshihisa ^a   Harada, Jun ^a   Einaga, Daisuke ^a  

^a KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b The University of Texas at Austin   (United States)

Author keywords

Activated sludge process; DNA damaging chemicals; Humic substances; Micropollutant; Octanol water partition coefficient; Sorption

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOLS; BIOASSAY; BIODEGRADATION; NITROGEN COMPOUNDS; ORGANIC ACIDS; SORPTION; WASTEWATER TREATMENT;

AMINOPYRENE; HUMIC ACID; OCTANOL; PYRENE; WATER PARTITION COEFFICIENT;

ACTIVATED SLUDGE PROCESS;

HUMIC ACID; ORGANIC MATTER; POLYCYCLIC AROMATIC COMPOUND; PYRENE;

ACTIVATED SLUDGE; EFFLUENT TREATMENT; POLLUTANT REMOVAL; WASTEWATER;

ACTIVATED SLUDGE; BACILLUS SUBTILIS; BIODEGRADATION; CONFERENCE PAPER; DNA DAMAGE; EFFLUENT; HUMIC SUBSTANCE; LABORATORY; PARTITION COEFFICIENT; WASTE WATER MANAGEMENT;

BACILLUS SUBTILIS;

EID: 1542677274     PISSN: 02731223     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0273-1223(98)00623-4     Document Type: Conference Paper

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