Screening health risk assessment of micropullutants for indirect potable reuse schemes: A three-tiered approach

Water Science and Technology

Volumn 56, Issue 11, 2007, Pages 35-42

  Rodriguez, Clemencia ^a   Cook, Angus ^a   Van Buynder, Philip ^b   Devine, Brian ^a   Weinstein, Philip ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^b DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH   (Australia)

Author keywords

Chemicals of concern; Recycled water; Toxicology; Water quality

Indexed keywords

HEALTH RISKS; POTABLE WATER; RISK ASSESSMENT; TOXICITY; WATER POLLUTION; WATER QUALITY; WATER RECYCLING;

MICROPOLLUTANT; THREE-TIERED APPROACH; TOXICOLOGY;

WATER ANALYSIS;

ALDRIN; ALUMINUM; ANTIMONY; AZITHROMYCIN; BEZAFIBRATE; CARBAMAZEPINE; CHLOROETHANE; CYCLOPHOSPHAMIDE; DIBROMOMETHANE; DICHLORODIFLUOROMETHANE; DICHLOROMETHANE; DRINKING WATER; ETHYLBENZENE; GEMFIBROZIL; HORMONE DERIVATIVE; IFOSFAMIDE; INDOMETACIN; METAL DERIVATIVE; METHYL BROMIDE; METHYL CHLORIDE; METRONIDAZOLE; PARACETAMOL; PESTICIDE; PHENYTOIN; PHTHALIC ACID DIBUTYL ESTER; SULFAMETHOXAZOLE; TOLUENE; VOLATILE ORGANIC COMPOUND;

HEALTH RISKS; POTABLE WATER; RISK ASSESSMENT; TOXICITY; WATER ANALYSIS; WATER POLLUTION; WATER QUALITY; WATER RECYCLING;

DRINKING WATER; HEALTH RISK; POLLUTANT; RECYCLING; RISK ASSESSMENT; STRATEGIC APPROACH; TOXICOLOGY; WATER QUALITY; WATER RESOURCE; WATER SUPPLY;

ARTICLE; HEALTH HAZARD; MICROFILTRATION; PUBLIC HEALTH; REVERSE OSMOSIS; RISK ASSESSMENT; WASTE WATER MANAGEMENT; WASTE WATER RECYCLING; WATER ANALYSIS; WATER CONTAMINATION; WATER POLLUTANT; WATER QUALITY; WATER SUPPLY;

CONSERVATION OF NATURAL RESOURCES; DRUG TOXICITY; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; HORMONES; HUMANS; METALS; ORGANIC CHEMICALS; OSMOSIS; PESTICIDES; PHARMACEUTICAL PREPARATIONS; RISK ASSESSMENT; ULTRAFILTRATION; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL; WATER PURIFICATION; WATER SUPPLY; WESTERN AUSTRALIA;

EID: 38649099092     PISSN: 02731223     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.2166/wst.2007.831     Document Type: Article

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