Meta-analysis of mass balances examining chemical fate during wastewater treatment

Environmental Science and Technology

Volumn 42, Issue 17, 2008, Pages 6324-6332

  Heidler, Jochen ^a   Halden, Rolf U ^a,b,c  

^a The Johns Hopkins University   (United States)

^b ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOSOLIDS; CHEMICAL OXYGEN DEMAND; OFFSHORE OIL WELL PRODUCTION; REMOVAL; SEWAGE; SEWAGE SLUDGE; SORPTION; SURFACE ACTIVE AGENTS; WASTEWATER; WASTEWATER RECLAMATION; WASTEWATER TREATMENT; WATER POLLUTION; WATER TREATMENT; WATER TREATMENT PLANTS; BIOLOGICAL MATERIALS; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; HYDROPHOBICITY; LOADING; RECLAMATION;

CHEMICAL PARTITIONING; CHEMICAL-; MASS BALANCING;

EFFLUENTS;

ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; ESTROGEN; FRAGRANCE; ORGANIC CARBON; SURFACTANT;

BIOSOLID; CORRELATION; DIGESTIBILITY; DRUG; EFFLUENT; HYDROPHOBICITY; MASS BALANCE; META-ANALYSIS; NUMERICAL MODEL; ORGANIC CARBON; PARTITIONING; POLLUTANT REMOVAL; SEWAGE DISPOSAL; SLUDGE; SOIL POLLUTION; SORPTION; STREAM; SURFACTANT; WASTEWATER; WATER TREATMENT;

BIOSOLID; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CORRELATION COEFFICIENT; GLACIAL MASS BALANCE; HYDROPHOBICITY; META ANALYSIS; ORGANIC WASTE; PARTITION COEFFICIENT; PRESCRIPTION; REVIEW; SLUDGE; WASTE WATER MANAGEMENT;

ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; SEWAGE; WATER POLLUTANTS;

CHEMICAL LOADING; CHEMICAL PARTITIONING; CORRELATION COEFFICIENT; DIGESTED SEWAGE SLUDGE; MASS BALANCE; META-ANALYSIS; NON-LINEAR MODEL; ORGANIC WASTEWATER COMPOUNDS; ORGANIC WASTEWATER CONTAMINANTS; PARTITION COEFFICIENT; PRESCRIPTION DRUGS; RELEASE RATE; REMOVAL EFFICIENCIES; REPRESENTATIVE SAMPLE; SORPTION COEFFICIENTS; SORPTION POTENTIAL; TREATED EFFLUENT;

EID: 50849087042     PISSN: 0013936X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/es703008y     Document Type: Review

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