PAH and PCB removal efficiencies in Umeå (Sweden) and Šiauliai (Lithuania) municipal wastewater treatment plants

Water, Air, and Soil Pollution

Volumn 175, Issue 1-4, 2006, Pages 291-303

  Bergqvist, P A ^a   Augulyte, L ^a,b   Jurjoniene, V ^b  

^a UMEÅ UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b KAUNAS UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Lithuania)

Author keywords

Analysis; Bioavailable fraction; Diffusive sampling; Effluent; PAHs; PCBs; SPMDs; Wastewater treatment efficiency

Indexed keywords

CONCENTRATION (PROCESS); DISSOLUTION; EFFLUENTS; GAS PERMEABLE MEMBRANES; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYLS; POLYCYCLIC AROMATIC HYDROCARBONS;

BIOAVAILABLE FRACTION; DIFFUSIVE SAMPLING; SEMIPERMEABLE MEMBRANE DEVICES (SPMD); WASTEWATER TREATMENT EFFICIENCY;

WASTEWATER TREATMENT;

POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYL; POLYCYCLIC AROMATIC HYDROCARBON;

CONCENTRATION (PROCESS); DISSOLUTION; EFFLUENTS; GAS PERMEABLE MEMBRANES; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYLS; POLYCYCLIC AROMATIC HYDROCARBONS; WASTEWATER TREATMENT;

BIOAVAILABILITY; ENVIRONMENTAL EFFECT; HYDROPHOBICITY; MONITORING; MUNICIPAL SOLID WASTE; ORGANIC POLLUTANT; PAH; PCB; POLLUTANT; POLLUTION INCIDENCE; SEWAGE TREATMENT; WASTEWATER;

ARTICLE; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); DISSOLUTION; EFFLUENT; ENVIRONMENTAL CHANGE; ENVIRONMENTAL RELEASE; HYDROPHOBICITY; LITHUANIA; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; ORGANIC POLLUTION; PERSISTENT ORGANIC POLLUTANT; POLLUTANT; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYL REMOVAL; RIVER; SEMIPERMEABLE MEMBRANE DEVICE; SEWAGE TREATMENT; SEWAGE TREATMENT PLANT; SWEDEN; TECHNIQUE; WASTE COMPONENT REMOVAL; WASTE WATER MANAGEMENT; WATER SAMPLING;

BALTIC STATES; EURASIA; EUROPE; LITHUANIA; NORTHERN EUROPE; SCANDINAVIA; SIAULIAI; SWEDEN; UMEA; VASTERBOTTEN;

EID: 33747106619     PISSN: 00496979     EISSN: 15732932     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11270-006-9139-5     Document Type: Article

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