Occurrence and fate of heavy metals in large wastewater treatment plants treating municipal and industrial wastewaters

Water Science and Technology

Volumn 57, Issue 9, 2008, Pages 1329-1336

  Carletti, G ^a,b   Fatone, F ^a   Bolzonella, D ^a   Cecchi, F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VERONA   (Italy)

^b Interuniversity Consortium Chemistry for the Environment   (Italy)

Author keywords

Characterisation; Correlation; Industrial wastewater; Metals; Municipal wastewater; Removal

Indexed keywords

DETAILED STUDY; DETECTION LIMIT (DL); INDUSTRIAL WASTE WATERS; TRACE LEVELS; WASTE WATER TREATMENT (WWT) PLANTS;

HEAVY METAL; ORGANIC MATTER;

ACTIVATED SLUDGE; ALUMINUM; HEAVY METAL; INDUSTRIAL WASTE; IRON; LEAD; MERCURY (ELEMENT); PARTICULATE ORGANIC MATTER; STABILIZATION; WASTEWATER; WATER TREATMENT;

ARTICLE; DEGRADATION; INDUSTRIAL WASTE; MUNICIPAL SOLID WASTE; PARTICULATE MATTER; PLANT; SLUDGE STABILIZATION; SLUDGE TREATMENT; SOLID; WASTE WATER MANAGEMENT;

ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; INDUSTRIAL WASTE; METALS, HEAVY; WASTE DISPOSAL, FLUID;

EID: 45549100105     PISSN: 02731223     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.2166/wst.2008.230     Document Type: Article

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