Sources of priority substances entering an urban wastewater catchment-trace organic chemicals

Chemosphere

Volumn 63, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 581-591

  Rule, K L ^a   Comber, S D W ^a   Ross, D ^b   Thornton, A ^b   Makropoulos, C K ^c   Rautiu, R ^c  

^a WRC PLC   (United Kingdom)

^b ATKINS   (United Kingdom)

^c IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Diffuse sources; Organics; PAHs; Phthalates; Priority substances; Solvents; Surfactants; Urban catchment; Water Framework Directive

Indexed keywords

CATCHMENTS; EFFLUENTS; PESTICIDES; POLYCYCLIC AROMATIC HYDROCARBONS; SOLVENTS; SURFACE ACTIVE AGENTS; WASTEWATER;

DIFFUSE SOURCES; ORGANICS; PHTHALATES; PRIORITY SUBSTANCES; URBAN CATCHMENTS; WATER FRAMEWORK DIRECTIVES;

WATER POLLUTION;

ALKYLBENZENE; CHLOROFORM; NONYLPHENOL; ORGANIC COMPOUND; PESTICIDE; PHTHALIC ACID BIS(2 ETHYLHEXYL) ESTER; POLYBROMINATED DIPHENYL ETHER; POLYCYCLIC AROMATIC HYDROCARBON; SOLVENT; SURFACTANT; TETRACHLOROETHYLENE; TRICHLOROETHYLENE;

CATCHMENTS; EFFLUENTS; PESTICIDES; POLYCYCLIC AROMATIC HYDROCARBONS; SOLVENTS; SURFACE ACTIVE AGENTS; WASTEWATER; WATER POLLUTION;

CHLOROFORM; DOMESTIC WASTE; ORGANIC POLLUTANT; PESTICIDE; URBAN AREA; WASTE TREATMENT;

ARTICLE; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); LAW; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; UNITED KINGDOM; URBAN AREA; WASTE WATER MANAGEMENT;

EURASIA; EUROPE; UNITED KINGDOM; WESTERN EUROPE;

EID: 33645745236     PISSN: 00456535     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.chemosphere.2005.08.016     Document Type: Article

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