Methylmercury input to the Mississippi River from a large metropolitan wastewater treatment plant

Science of the Total Environment

Volumn 406, Issue 1-2, 2008, Pages 145-153

  Balogh, Steven J ^a   Nollet, Yabing H ^a  

^a Metropolitan Council Environmental Services   (United States)

Author keywords

Effluent; Mercury; Methylmercury; Mississippi River; Wastewater treatment

Indexed keywords

CHEMICAL OXYGEN DEMAND; EFFLUENT TREATMENT; EFFLUENTS; MERCURY (METAL); MERCURY COMPOUNDS; POLLUTION; RIVERS; SEWAGE PUMPING PLANTS; URBAN PLANNING; WASTEWATER RECLAMATION; WASTEWATER TREATMENT; WATER TREATMENT; WATER TREATMENT PLANTS;

EFFLUENT; MERCURY; METHYLMERCURY; MISSISSIPPI RIVER; PLANT DISCHARGE; RELATIVE CONTRIBUTION; TOTAL MERCURY; WASTE WATER TREATMENT PLANT; WATER SAMPLES;

RIVER POLLUTION;

MERCURY; METHYLMERCURY; RIVER WATER; RUNOFF;

CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); EFFLUENT; LOADING; METHYLMERCURY; METROPOLITAN AREA; RIVER POLLUTION; WASTEWATER; WATER TREATMENT;

ARTICLE; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); EFFLUENT; FILTRATION; PRECIPITATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RIVER; UNITED STATES; URBAN AREA; WASTE WATER MANAGEMENT; WASTE WATER TREATMENT PLANT; WATER POLLUTION; WATER SAMPLING;

CITIES; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; INDUSTRIAL WASTE; MERCURY; METHYLMERCURY COMPOUNDS; MINNESOTA; MISSISSIPPI; RIVERS; TIME FACTORS; WASTE DISPOSAL, FLUID; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL;

MISSISSIPPI RIVER; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 53049106436     PISSN: 00489697     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2008.07.039     Document Type: Article

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