Occurrence and fate of organic contaminants during onsite wastewater treatment

Environmental Science and Technology

Volumn 40, Issue 23, 2006, Pages 7358-7366

  Conn, Kathleen E ^a   Barber, Larry B ^b   Brown, Gregory K ^b   Siegrist, Robert L ^a  

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

^b U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CONCENTRATION (PROCESS); DISCHARGE (FLUID MECHANICS); DRUG PRODUCTS; IMPURITIES; VAPORIZATION; WASTEWATER;

ONSITE TREATMENT; REMOVAL MECHANISMS; WATER ENVIRONMENTS;

WASTEWATER TREATMENT;

ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; DISINFECTANT AGENT; ENDOCRINE DISRUPTOR; METAL CHELATE; ORGANIC COMPOUND; STEROID; SURFACTANT;

CONCENTRATION (PROCESS); DISCHARGE (FLUID MECHANICS); DRUG PRODUCTS; IMPURITIES; VAPORIZATION; WASTEWATER; WASTEWATER TREATMENT;

BIOREACTOR; BIOREMEDIATION; DISCHARGE; ENDOCRINE DISRUPTOR; ENVIRONMENTAL FATE; ORGANIC COMPOUND; ORGANIC POLLUTANT; POLLUTANT SOURCE; WASTEWATER; WATER TREATMENT;

ARTICLE; BIOFILTER; BIOTRANSFORMATION; CONSUMER; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; FILTER; METABOLITE; ORGANIC POLLUTION; PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY; SOIL POLLUTION; UNITED STATES; VOLATILIZATION; WASTE COMPONENT REMOVAL; WASTE WATER MANAGEMENT; WATER CONTAMINATION;

CHELATING AGENTS; COLORADO; DISINFECTANTS; DRUG RESIDUES; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY-MASS SPECTROMETRY; SOIL; SURFACE-ACTIVE AGENTS; WASTE DISPOSAL, FLUID; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL;

COLORADO; JEFFERSON COUNTY [COLORADO]; NORTH AMERICA; SUMMIT COUNTY [COLORADO]; UNITED STATES;

EID: 33845327872     PISSN: 0013936X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/es0605117     Document Type: Article

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