Human pharmaceuticals, antioxidants, and plasticizers in wastewater treatment plant and water reclamation plant effluents

Water Environment Research

Volumn 79, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 156-167

  Soliman, Mary A ^a   Pedersen, Joel A ^b   Park, Heesu ^a   Castaneda Jimenez, Angelica ^a   Stenstrom, Michael K ^a   Suffet, I H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b University of Wisconsin Madison   (United States)

Author keywords

Antioxidant; Personal care product ingredient; Pharmaceutical; Plasticizer; Reclaimed water; Wastewater

Indexed keywords

COAGULATION; DRUG PRODUCTS; FILTRATION; PLASTICIZERS; REVERSE OSMOSIS; WASTEWATER RECLAMATION;

ANTIOXIDANT; PERSONAL CARE PRODUCT INGREDIENT; RECLAIMED WATER;

WASTEWATER TREATMENT;

ANTIOXIDANT; BENZENESULFONAMIDE DERIVATIVE; BUTYLATED HYDROXYANISOLE; BUTYLCRESOL; CAFFEINE; CARBAMAZEPINE; CLOFIBRIC ACID; DRINKING WATER; DRUG; GEMFIBROZIL; GROUND WATER; IBUPROFEN; N BUTYL BENZENESULFONAMIDE; PLASTICIZER; SURFACE WATER; TOLUENESULFONAMIDE DERIVATIVE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; CALCIUM DERIVATIVE; CALCIUM OXIDE; OXIDE;

COAGULATION; DRUG PRODUCTS; FILTRATION; PLASTICIZERS; REVERSE OSMOSIS; WASTEWATER RECLAMATION; WASTEWATER TREATMENT;

ANTIOXIDANT; AQUIFER; DRINKING WATER; DRUG; EFFLUENT; ORGANIC COMPOUND; SURFACE WATER; WASTEWATER; WATER TREATMENT;

AQUIFER; ARTICLE; BUILDING; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONCENTRATION PROCESS; EFFLUENT; ENVIRONMENTAL RECLAMATION; MICROFILTRATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVERSE OSMOSIS; UNITED STATES; WASTE WATER MANAGEMENT; WASTE WATER TREATMENT PLANT; WATER MANAGEMENT; DISINFECTION; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; HUMAN; METHODOLOGY; OSMOSIS; SEWAGE; ULTRAFILTRATION; WATER POLLUTANT; WATER SUPPLY;

ANTIOXIDANTS; CALCIUM COMPOUNDS; CONSERVATION OF NATURAL RESOURCES; DISINFECTION; HUMANS; OSMOSIS; OXIDES; PHARMACEUTICAL PREPARATIONS; PLASTICIZERS; ULTRAFILTRATION; WASTE DISPOSAL, FLUID; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL; WATER PURIFICATION; WATER SUPPLY;

EID: 34247233918     PISSN: 10614303     EISSN: 15547531     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2175/106143006X111961     Document Type: Article

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