Urban stormwater contamination by polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs) and its importance for urban water systems in Switzerland

Science of the Total Environment

Volumn 322, Issue 1-3, 2004, Pages 179-189

  Rossi, Luca ^a   De Alencastro, Luiz ^b   Kupper, Thomas ^b   Tarradellas, Joseph ^b  

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

^b EPFL   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Fingerprint; Mass balance; Polychlorinated biphenyls; Urban stormwater; Wastewater treatment plant sludge

Indexed keywords

CONTAMINATION; DRAINAGE; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYLS; RAIN; SEWAGE SLUDGE; STORM SEWERS;

PERSISTENT ORGANIC POLLUTANTS (POPS); SWITZERLAND; URBAN STORMWATER;

URBAN PLANNING;

POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYL; STORM WATER;

MASS BALANCE; PCB; SLUDGE; STORMWATER; URBAN AREA; WASTEWATER; WATER POLLUTION;

ARTICLE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SANITATION; SEPARATION TECHNIQUE; SEWAGE; SWITZERLAND; URBAN AREA; WASTE WATER MANAGEMENT; WATER SUPPLY;

CENTRAL EUROPE; EURASIA; EUROPE; SWITZERLAND;

EID: 1842862713     PISSN: 00489697     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0048-9697(03)00361-9     Document Type: Article

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