Effect of laundry activities on in-stream concentrations of linear alkylbenzene sulfonate in a small rural South African river

Science of the Total Environment

Volumn 407, Issue 15, 2009, Pages 4465-4471

  Gordon, A K ^a   Muller, W J ^a   Gysman, N ^b   Marshall, S J ^c   Sparham, C J ^c   O'Connor, S M ^c   Whelan, M J ^c  

^a RHODES UNIVERSITY   (South Africa)

^b Nomkhitha Gysman and Associates   (South Africa)

^c UNILEVER RESEARCH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Detergent; LAS; Laundry; River; South Africa

Indexed keywords

DETERGENT INGREDIENTS; ECOLOGICAL EFFECT; HOUSEHOLD SURVEYS; HYDRODYNAMIC DISPERSIONS; LAS; LINEAR ALKYL BENZENE SULPHONATE; LINEAR ALKYLBENZENE SULFONATES; MONITORING STATIONS; POTENTIAL EFFECTS; RIVER BANK; RIVER WATER; SEDIMENT SAMPLES; SOUTH AFRICA; SUMMER MONTHS;

ANIONIC SURFACTANTS; CONCENTRATION (PROCESS); DETERGENTS; FLUID DYNAMICS; LITHIUM ALLOYS; SEWAGE; SULFUR COMPOUNDS; SURVEYS; WASHING; WASTEWATER;

RIVERS;

ALKYLBENZENESULFONIC ACID; DETERGENT; RIVER WATER;

BENZENE; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); DETERGENT; ENVIRONMENTAL FATE; HUMAN ACTIVITY; RIVER; RIVER WATER; RURAL AREA; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION; STREAM; SULFONATE;

ARTICLE; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); DEGRADATION; DILUTION; DISPERSION; HYDRODYNAMICS; LAUNDRY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RIPARIAN ECOSYSTEM; RIVER; RURAL AREA; SEDIMENT; SOUTH AFRICA; STREAM (RIVER); SUMMER; WASTE WATER; WATER POLLUTANT; WATER SAMPLING; WINTER;

ALKANESULFONIC ACIDS; CHROMATOGRAPHY, LIQUID; GEOLOGIC SEDIMENTS; MASS SPECTROMETRY; RIVERS; SOUTH AFRICA; SURFACE-ACTIVE AGENTS; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL;

AFRICA; BALFOUR RIVER; EASTERN CAPE; SOUTH AFRICA; SOUTHERN AFRICA; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA;

EID: 67349215731     PISSN: 00489697     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2009.04.023     Document Type: Article

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