Polar pollutants entry into the water cycle by municipal wastewater: A European perspective

Environmental Science and Technology

Volumn 40, Issue 17, 2006, Pages 5451-5458

  Reemtsma, Thorsten ^a   Weiss, Stefan ^a   Mueller, Jutta ^b   Petrovic, Mira ^c   González, Susana ^c   Barcelo, Damia ^c   Ventura, Francesc ^d   Knepper, Thomas P ^b  

^a TECHNISCHE UNIVERSITÄT BERLIN   (Germany)

^b FRESENIUS UNIVERSITY OF APPLIED SCIENCES   (Germany)

^c DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENTAL CHEMISTRY   (Spain)

^d Aiguës de Barcelona ^*  (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ETHYLENE DIAMINO TETRAACETATE (EDTA); WASTEWATER TREATMENT PLANTS (WWTP); WATER CYCLE SPREADING INDEX (WCSI);

CONCENTRATION (PROCESS); FLAME RETARDANTS; LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; MASS SPECTROMETRY; POTABLE WATER; WASTEWATER; WATER QUALITY;

WATER POLLUTION;

BENZOTHIAZOLE 2 SULFONATE; BENZOTRIAZOLE DERIVATIVE; CARBAMAZEPINE; CARBOXYLIC ACID DERIVATIVE; DICLOFENAC; DOMESTIC CHEMICAL; DRINKING WATER; EDETIC ACID; INDUSTRIAL CHEMICAL; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

CONCENTRATION (PROCESS); FLAME RETARDANTS; LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; MASS SPECTROMETRY; POTABLE WATER; WASTEWATER; WATER POLLUTION; WATER QUALITY;

ANALYTICAL METHOD; DRINKING WATER; HYDROLOGICAL CYCLE; LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; MASS SPECTROMETRY; MUNICIPAL SOLID WASTE; POLLUTANT; POLLUTANT SOURCE; WASTE TREATMENT; WASTEWATER;

ARTICLE; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); EFFLUENT; EUROPE; LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; MASS SPECTROMETRY; NONHUMAN; SCORING SYSTEM; WASTE WATER MANAGEMENT; WASTE WATER TREATMENT PLANT; WATER CYCLE SPREADING INDEX; WATER POLLUTANT;

EUROPE; INDUSTRIAL WASTE; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL;

EURASIA; EUROPE; WESTERN EUROPE;

EID: 33748532190     PISSN: 0013936X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/es060908a     Document Type: Article

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