Removal efficiency of pharmaceuticals and personal care products with varying wastewater treatment processes and operating conditions - Conception of a database and first results

Water Science and Technology

Volumn 57, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 49-56

  Miège, Cecile ^a   Choubert, J M ^a   Ribeiro, L ^a   Eusebe M ^a   Coquery, M ^a  

^a CEMAGREF   (France)

Author keywords

Database; Pharmaceuticals and personal care products; Removal efficiency; Wastewater treatment plants

Indexed keywords

DATABASE SYSTEMS; DRUG PRODUCTS; EFFLUENT TREATMENT; REMOVAL;

HYDRAULIC RETENTION TIME; REMOVAL EFFICIENCY;

WASTEWATER TREATMENT;

ANALGESIC AGENT; ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; ANTICONVULSIVE AGENT; ANTIINFLAMMATORY AGENT; ANTILIPEMIC AGENT; BETA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; BEZAFIBRATE; CARBAMAZEPINE; CIPROFLOXACIN; CLOFIBRIC ACID; DICLOFENAC; DISINFECTANT AGENT; ERYTHROMYCIN; ESTRADIOL; ESTRIOL; ESTRONE; ETHINYLESTRADIOL; GALAXOLIDE; GEMFIBROZIL; HORMONE; IBUPROFEN; METOPROLOL; NAPROXEN; NORFLOXACIN; PENTOXIFYLLINE; PROGESTERONE; TESTOSTERONE; TRICLOSAN; VASODILATOR AGENT;

DATABASE SYSTEMS; DRUG PRODUCTS; EFFLUENT TREATMENT; REMOVAL; WASTEWATER TREATMENT;

DATABASE; DRUG; EFFICIENCY MEASUREMENT; POLLUTANT REMOVAL; WASTEWATER; WATER TREATMENT;

ARTICLE; DATA BASE; EFFLUENT; HYDRAULIC PERMEABILITY; PUBLICATION; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; REACTOR; SLUDGE TREATMENT; WASTE WATER MANAGEMENT; WASTE WATER RECYCLING; WASTE WATER TREATMENT PLANT;

HOUSEHOLD PRODUCTS; PHARMACEUTICAL PREPARATIONS; WASTE DISPOSAL, FLUID; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL; WATER PURIFICATION;

EID: 39449094652     PISSN: 02731223     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.2166/wst.2008.823     Document Type: Article

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