Continuous-flow laboratory simulation of stream water quality changes downstream of an untreated wastewater discharge

Water Research

Volumn 43, Issue 7, 2009, Pages 1993-2001

  Finnegan, C J ^a   van Egmond, R A ^a   Price, O R ^a   Whelan, M J ^b  

^a UNILEVER RESEARCH   (United Kingdom)

^b CRANFIELD UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Ammonia; Degradation; Direct discharge; Laboratory simulation study; LAS; Nitrite; River

Indexed keywords

AMMONIA; BIOCHEMICAL OXYGEN DEMAND; ORGANIC CHEMICALS; RISK ASSESSMENT; RIVER POLLUTION; SEWAGE; WASTEWATER TREATMENT; WATER QUALITY;

CONTINUOUS-FLOW; DIRECT DISCHARGE; DODECANE; DOWN-STREAM; IMPACT ZONES; LABORATORY SIMULATION; LABORATORY SIMULATION STUDIES; LAS; STREAM WATER QUALITY; SULPHONATES;

RIVERS;

AMMONIA; ANILINE; DISSOLVED OXYGEN; DODECANE 6 BENZENE SULPHONATE; NITRATE; NITRITE; ORGANIC COMPOUND; RADIOLIGAND; SULFONIC ACID DERIVATIVE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

AMMONIA; BIOCHEMICAL OXYGEN DEMAND; CARBON ISOTOPE; DISSIPATION; ECOTOXICOLOGY; ENVIRONMENTAL MODELING; ENVIRONMENTAL RISK; HALF LIFE; LABORATORY METHOD; NITRITE; ORGANIC NITROGEN COMPOUND; REACTION KINETICS; RISK ASSESSMENT; RIVER WATER; SALMONID; SEWAGE; STREAMWATER; WATER COLUMN; WATER QUALITY;

ARTICLE; BIOCHEMICAL OXYGEN DEMAND; CONTINUOUS FLOW REACTOR; DEGRADATION KINETICS; FLOW KINETICS; ISOTOPE LABELING; MATHEMATICAL COMPUTING; MINERALIZATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; SALMONID; SEWAGE; SIMULATION; STEADY STATE; STREAM (RIVER); WASTE WATER MANAGEMENT; WATER QUALITY;

SALMONIDAE;

EID: 63449119490     PISSN: 00431354     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.watres.2009.01.031     Document Type: Article

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