Removal of pharmaceuticals and personal care products (PPCPs) from urban wastewater in a pilot vertical flow constructed wetland and a sand filter

Environmental Science and Technology

Volumn 41, Issue 23, 2007, Pages 8171-8177

  Matamoros, Víctor ^a,b   Arias, Carlos ^b   Brix, Hans ^b   Bayona, Josep M ^a  

^a DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENTAL CHEMISTRY   (Spain)

^b AARHUS UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLOGGING SIMULATION; OXYBENZONE;

DRUG PRODUCTS; FILTERS (FOR FLUIDS); REACTION KINETICS; WETLANDS;

WASTEWATER TREATMENT;

AMMONIA; CAFFEINE; CARBAMAZEPINE; DICLOFENAC; GALAXOLIDE; HYDROCINNAMIC ACID; IBUPROFEN; JASMONIC ACID; METHYL DIHYDROJASMONATE; NAPROXEN; OXYBENZONE; SALICYLIC ACID; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

DRUG PRODUCTS; FILTERS (FOR FLUIDS); REACTION KINETICS; WASTEWATER TREATMENT; WETLANDS;

AMMONIUM; BIOCHEMICAL OXYGEN DEMAND; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONSTRUCTED WETLAND; DRUG; FILTER; POLLUTANT REMOVAL; SUBSURFACE FLOW; WASTEWATER; WATER TREATMENT;

AQUATIC ENVIRONMENT; ARTICLE; CONSTRUCTED WETLAND; CONTROLLED STUDY; FILTER; NONHUMAN; PHARMACEUTICAL CARE; SAND; URBAN AREA; VEGETATION; WASTE WATER;

FILTRATION; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SILICON DIOXIDE; WATER MOVEMENTS; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL; WATER PURIFICATION; WETLANDS;

EID: 36849079333     PISSN: 0013936X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/es071594+     Document Type: Article

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