Characterizing the passage of personal care products through wastewater treatment processes

Water Environment Research

Volumn 79, Issue 13, 2007, Pages 2564-2577

  Oppenheimer, Joan ^a,b   Stephenson, Roger ^a   Burbano, Arturo ^a   Liu, Li ^a  

^a MWH AMERICAS INC   (United States)

^b NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

Full scale treatment plants; Personal care products; Secondary treatment; Solids retention time

Indexed keywords

BIOCHEMISTRY; BIOREACTORS; EFFLUENT TREATMENT; EFFLUENTS; ENDOCRINE DISRUPTERS; WASTEWATER TREATMENT;

BIODEGRADABLE ORGANIC MATTER; ENDOCRINE DISRUPTING COMPOUND; PERSONAL CARE PRODUCTS; PHARMACEUTICALS AND PERSONAL CARE PRODUCTS; SECONDARY TREATMENT; SOLIDS RETENTION TIME; TREATMENT PLANTS; WASTEWATER TREATMENT FACILITIES;

CHEMICALS REMOVAL (WATER TREATMENT);

COSMETIC; GALAXOLIDE; DRUG; DRUG RESIDUE; ENDOCRINE DISRUPTOR;

BIOREACTOR; EFFLUENT; ENDOCRINE DISRUPTOR; NUTRIENT; ORGANIC MATTER; OSMOSIS; WASTEWATER; WATER TREATMENT;

ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL MEMBRANE; BIOREACTOR; PERFORMANCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; UNITED STATES; WASTE COMPONENT REMOVAL; WASTE WATER MANAGEMENT; WASTE WATER TREATMENT PLANT; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; METHODOLOGY; OSMOSIS; SEWAGE; WATER MANAGEMENT; WATER POLLUTANT;

COSMETICS; DRUG RESIDUES; ENDOCRINE DISRUPTORS; OSMOSIS; PHARMACEUTICAL PREPARATIONS; WASTE DISPOSAL, FLUID; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL; WATER PURIFICATION;

EID: 39849106226     PISSN: 10614303     EISSN: 15547531     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2175/106143007X184573     Document Type: Article

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