Occurrence and mass flows of fluorochemicals in the Glatt Valley Watershed, Switzerland

Environmental Science and Technology

Volumn 42, Issue 17, 2008, Pages 6369-6377

  Huset, Carin A ^a,c   Chiaia, Aurea C ^a   Barofsky, Douglas F ^a   Jonkers, Niels ^b,d   Kohler, Hans Peter E ^b   Ort, Christoph ^b   Giger, Walter ^b   Field, Jennifer A ^a  

^a OREGON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b SWISS FEDERAL INSTITUTE OF AQUATIC SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Switzerland)

^c MINNESOTA DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH   (United States)

^d INST INLAND WATER MGMT WASTE W   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHEMICAL OXYGEN DEMAND; DISCHARGE (FLUID MECHANICS); EFFLUENTS; FLUID MECHANICS; LANDFORMS; MASS TRANSFER; SEDIMENTATION; WASTEWATER RECLAMATION; WASTEWATER TREATMENT; WATER POLLUTION; WATER RECYCLING; WATER TREATMENT; WATER TREATMENT PLANTS; WATERSHEDS; LAKES; RIVERS;

FLUOROCHEMICALS;

RIVERS; EFFLUENTS;

FLUOROCHEMICAL; PERFLEXANE; PERFLUOROOCTANESULFONIC ACID; PERFLUOROOCTANOIC ACID; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

BIOTA; COMPARATIVE STUDY; EFFLUENT; ORGANIC POLLUTANT; POINT SOURCE POLLUTION; POLLUTANT REMOVAL; RIVER DISCHARGE; SEDIMENT ANALYSIS; TERRESTRIAL ENVIRONMENT; WASTEWATER; WATER POLLUTION; WATER TREATMENT; WATERSHED;

ARTICLE; EFFLUENT; RIVER; SWITZERLAND; WASTE WATER MANAGEMENT; WASTE WATER TREATMENT PLANT; WATERSHED MANAGEMENT;

CHROMATOGRAPHY, LIQUID; ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTANTS; FLUOROCARBONS; QUALITY CONTROL; REFERENCE STANDARDS; SWITZERLAND; TANDEM MASS SPECTROMETRY;

CENTRAL EUROPE; EURASIA; EUROPE; GLATT RIVER; GREIFENSEE; SWITZERLAND; ZURICH [SWITZERLAND];

DISCHARGE EFFLUENTS; FLUOROCHEMICALS; MASS FLOW; PER CAPITA; PERFLUOROOCTANE SULFONATES; PERFLUOROOCTANOATE; POINT SOURCES; POLLUTANT RELEASE; RIVER WATER; SWITZERLAND; TERRESTRIAL ENVIRONMENTS; TREATED WASTEWATER; WASTEWATER TREATMENT PLANTS;

EID: 50849122973     PISSN: 0013936X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/es703062f     Document Type: Article

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