Occurrence of ciprofloxacin, sulfamethoxazole, and azithromycin in municipal wastewater treatment plants

Practice Periodical of Hazardous, Toxic, and Radioactive Waste Management

Volumn 12, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 275-281

  Bhandari, Alok ^a   Close, Larry I ^b   Kim, Wongee ^b   Hunter, Robert P ^c,d   Koch, David E ^c   Surampalli, Rao Y ^e  

^a Iowa State University of Science and Technology   (United States)

^b Sunflower Networking Group   (United States)

^c KANSAS STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d ELANCO ANIMAL HEALTH   (United States)

^e U S ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY   (United States)

Author keywords

United States; Wastewater management; Water treatment plants

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTICS; ARSENIC COMPOUNDS; CHEMICAL OXYGEN DEMAND; CHLORINE COMPOUNDS; CHROMATOGRAPHIC ANALYSIS; CONCENTRATION (PROCESS); EFFLUENTS; EXTRACTION; HIGH PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; HIGH PRESSURE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; LIQUID PHASE EPITAXY; MASS SPECTROMETRY; SEWAGE PUMPING PLANTS; SOLVENT EXTRACTION; WASTEWATER RECLAMATION; WATER TREATMENT; WATER TREATMENT PLANTS;

AQUEOUS PHASE; AZITHROMYCIN; CIPROFLOXACIN; COMPOSITE SAMPLING; MUNICIPAL WASTE WATER TREATMENT PLANTS; RAW WASTEWATERS; SOLID-PHASE EXTRACTION; SULFAMETHOXAZOLE; TARGET COMPOUNDS; UNITED STATES; WASTEWATER MANAGEMENT;

WASTEWATER TREATMENT;

ANTIBIOTICS; AQUEOUS SOLUTION; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); EFFLUENT; EXTRACTION METHOD; FLUORESCENCE SPECTROSCOPY; LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; ORGANIC COMPOUND; WASTE TREATMENT; WASTEWATER;

NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 52649169769     PISSN: 1090025X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1061/(ASCE)1090-025X(2008)12:4(275)     Document Type: Article

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