Sulfamethoxazole contamination of a deep phreatic aquifer

Science of the Total Environment

Volumn 407, Issue 14, 2009, Pages 4278-4282

  Avisar, Dror ^a   Lester, Yaal ^a   Ronen, Daniel ^b,c  

^a TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

^b Israel Water Authority   (Israel)

^c BEN GURION UNIVERSITY OF THE NEGEV   (Israel)

Author keywords

Antibiotic residues; Effluent; Groundwater contamination; HPLC MS

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC RESIDUES; CONCENTRATION OF; DRINKING WATER; DRINKING WATER SOURCES; GROUNDWATER CONTAMINATION; HPLC-MS; HPLC-MS/MS; INFILTRATION FACILITY; MONITORING WELLS; PHREATIC; PUMPING WELL; SECONDARY EFFLUENT; SULFAMETHOXAZOLE; UNSATURATED ZONE; WASTEWATER EFFLUENTS; WATER TABLES;

ANTIBIOTICS; AQUIFERS; CONTAMINATION; EFFLUENTS; GROUNDWATER RESOURCES; HIGH PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; HYDROGEOLOGY; POTABLE WATER; WASTEWATER; WASTEWATER DISPOSAL; WATER WELLS; WELL PUMPS; WELLS;

GROUNDWATER POLLUTION;

DRINKING WATER; GROUND WATER; SULFAMETHOXAZOLE; WELL WATER;

ANTIBIOTICS; AQUIFER POLLUTION; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); EFFLUENT; IRRIGATION; WASTE DISPOSAL; WASTEWATER; WATER TABLE;

AQUIFER; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EFFLUENT; HIGH PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; IRRIGATION (AGRICULTURE); MASS SPECTROMETRY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SLUDGE; SOLID PHASE EXTRACTION; WASTE WATER; WATER CONTAMINATION; WATER SAMPLING; WATER SUPPLY; WATER TABLE;

ANTI-INFECTIVE AGENTS; FRESH WATER; SULFAMETHOXAZOLE; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL;

EID: 67349269905     PISSN: 00489697     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2009.03.032     Document Type: Article

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