Occurrence and fate of polycyclic musks in wastewater treatment plants in Kentucky and Georgia, USA

Chemosphere

Volumn 68, Issue 11, 2007, Pages 2011-2020

  Horii, Yuichi ^a   Reiner, Jessica L ^a   Loganathan, Bommanna G ^b   Senthil Kumar, Kurunthachalam ^c   Sajwan, Kenneth ^c   Kannan, Kurunthachalam ^a  

^a WADSWORTH CENTER   (United States)

^b MURRAY STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c SAVANNAH STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

AHTN; HHCB; HHCB lactone; Mass balance; Polycyclic musks; Sludge

Indexed keywords

DISCHARGE (FLUID MECHANICS); EFFLUENTS; FLOW RATE; MASS TRANSFER; OXIDATION; POLYCYCLIC AROMATIC HYDROCARBONS; SEWAGE SLUDGE;

AQUATIC ENVIRONMENT; MASS BALANCE ANALYSIS; TETRAHYDRONAPHTHALENE;

WASTEWATER TREATMENT;

1,3,4,6,7,8 HEXAHYDRO 4,6,6,7,8,8 HEXAMETHYLCYCLOPENTA[GAMMA] 2 BENZOPYRAN; 1,3,4,6,7,8 HEXAHYDRO 4,6,6,7,8,8 HEXAMETHYLCYCLOPENTA[GAMMA] 2 BENZOPYRAN LACTONE; 7 ACETYL 1,1,3,4,4,6 HEXAMETHYL 1,2,3,4 TETRAHYDRONAPHTHALENE; BENZOPYRAN DERIVATIVE; LACTONE DERIVATIVE; POLYACRYLIC ACID; TETRALIN DERIVATIVE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

DISCHARGE (FLUID MECHANICS); EFFLUENTS; FLOW RATE; MASS TRANSFER; OXIDATION; POLYCYCLIC AROMATIC HYDROCARBONS; SEWAGE SLUDGE; WASTEWATER TREATMENT;

ACTIVATED SLUDGE; CHEMICAL COMPOUND; EFFLUENT; MASS BALANCE; NITROGEN COMPOUND; POLLUTANT REMOVAL; WASTE TREATMENT; WASTEWATER;

ARTICLE; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); DRY WEIGHT; EFFLUENT; INCINERATION; OXIDATION; RIVER; SLUDGE; UNITED STATES; WASTE WATER MANAGEMENT; WATER CONTAMINATION;

GEORGIA; KENTUCKY; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 34547129330     PISSN: 00456535     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.chemosphere.2007.04.054     Document Type: Article

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