Comparison of natural estrogen removal efficiency in the conventional activated sludge process and the oxidation ditch process

Water Research

Volumn 41, Issue 10, 2007, Pages 2117-2126

  Hashimoto, T ^a   Onda, K ^b   Nakamura, Y ^b   Tada, K ^b   Miya, A ^b   Murakami, T ^a  

^a Japan Sewage Works Agency   (Japan)

^b EBARA CORPORATION   (Japan)

Author keywords

17 estradiol (E2); Conventional activated sludge process; Estrogenic activity; Estrone (E1); Oxidation ditch process; Solids retention time (SRT); Wastewater treatment

Indexed keywords

ACTIVATED SLUDGE PROCESS; HORMONES; OXIDATION; STATISTICAL METHODS;

CONVENTIONAL ACTIVATED SLUDGE PROCESS; ESTROGENIC ACTIVITY; ESTRONE; SOLIDS RETENTION TIME (SRT);

WASTEWATER TREATMENT;

ESTRADIOL; ESTRIOL; ESTROGEN; ESTRONE;

ACTIVATED SLUDGE PROCESS; HORMONES; OXIDATION; STATISTICAL METHODS; WASTEWATER TREATMENT;

ACTIVATED SLUDGE; BIODEGRADATION; ESTROGENIC COMPOUND; OXIDATION; POLLUTANT REMOVAL; WASTE TREATMENT; WASTEWATER; WATER TREATMENT;

ACTIVATED SLUDGE; ARTICLE; EFFLUENT; ESTROGEN ACTIVITY; JAPAN; OXIDATION DITCH PROCESS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; WASTE WATER; WASTE WATER MANAGEMENT;

ASIA; EURASIA; FAR EAST; JAPAN;

EID: 34247151214     PISSN: 00431354     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.watres.2007.02.029     Document Type: Article

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