Occurrence of emerging organic chemicals in wastewater effluents from onsite systems

Proceedings of the 10th National Symposium on Individual and Small Community Sewage Systems - On-Site Wastewater Treatment X

Volumn , Issue , 2004, Pages 400-407

  Dejong, K E ^a   Siegrist, R L ^b   Barber, L B ^b   Wren, A L ^b  

^a Department of Geology and Geological Engineering   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Septic Tanks; Trace Organic Compounds; Wastewater Treatment; Water Quality Monitoring

Indexed keywords

EMERGING ORGANIC CHEMICALS (EOC); TRACE ORGANIC COMPOUNDS; WATER QUALITY MONITORING;

ECOSYSTEMS; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; EVAPORATION; HEALTH RISKS; ORGANIC CHEMICALS; SEPTIC TANKS;

WASTEWATER TREATMENT;

EID: 27944510602     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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