The fate of Dissolved Organic Carbon (DOC) in the wastewater treatment process and its importance in the removal of wastewater contaminants

Environmental Science and Pollution Research

Volumn 14, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 284-292

  Katsoyiannis, Athanasios ^a,b   Samara, Constantini ^a  

^a ARISTOTLE UNIVERSITY OF THESSALONIKI   (Greece)

^b JOINT RESEARCH CENTRE   (Italy)

Author keywords

Dissolved organic carbon; Distribution coefficient; DOC; Heavy metals; Persistent organic pollutants; POPs; Wastewater treatment plant

Indexed keywords

CARBON; CHLORINATED HYDROCARBON; HEAVY METAL; PESTICIDE;

BIOCHEMICAL OXYGEN DEMAND; CHEMICAL OXYGEN DEMAND; DISSOLVED ORGANIC CARBON; DOMESTIC WASTE; HEAVY METAL; POLLUTANT REMOVAL; TOXIC MATERIAL; WASTE TREATMENT; WASTEWATER; WATER POLLUTION;

ARTICLE; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; METHODOLOGY; SEWAGE; WATER POLLUTANT;

CARBON; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; HYDROCARBONS, CHLORINATED; METALS, HEAVY; PESTICIDES; WASTE DISPOSAL, FLUID; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL;

EID: 34547593975     PISSN: 09441344     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1065/espr2006.05.302     Document Type: Article

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