Ubiquitous occurrence of the artificial sweetener acesulfame in the aquatic environment: An ideal chemical marker of domestic wastewater in groundwater

Environmental Science and Technology

Volumn 43, Issue 12, 2009, Pages 4381-4385

  Buerge, Ignaz J ^a   Buser, Hans Rudolf ^a   Kahle, Maren ^a   Müller, Markus D ^a   Poiger, Thomas ^a  

^a Swiss Federal Research Station for Fruit Growing Viticulture and Horticulture   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AQUATIC ENVIRONMENTS; ARTIFICIAL SWEETENERS; CATCHMENT AREA; CHEMICAL MARKERS; DETECTION LIMITS; DOMESTIC WASTEWATER; HUMAN METABOLISMS; NATURAL WATERS; RIVER WATER; SWITZERLAND; TAP-WATER SAMPLES; THROUGHFLOW; TREATED WASTEWATER; WASTEWATER TREATMENT PLANTS;

BEVERAGES; BIOCHEMICAL OXYGEN DEMAND; CATCHMENTS; FOOD ADDITIVES; GROUNDWATER; HYDROGEOLOGY; INFILTRATION; SURFACE WATERS; WASTEWATER; WASTEWATER RECLAMATION; WATER TREATMENT PLANTS;

WASTEWATER TREATMENT;

ACESULFAME; GROUND WATER; MARKER; RIVER WATER;

DISCHARGE; DOMESTIC WASTE; FECES; GROUNDWATER POLLUTION; INFILTRATION; METABOLISM; ORGANIC NITROGEN COMPOUND; RIVER WATER; SUGAR; THROUGHFLOW; URINE; WASTEWATER; WATER TREATMENT;

AQUATIC ENVIRONMENT; ARTICLE; BIODEGRADATION; BIOFILTRATION; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONTROLLED STUDY; DOMESTIC WASTE; DOMESTIC WASTEWATER; POPULATION; SURFACE PROPERTY; SWITZERLAND; UBIQUITINATION; WASTE WATER; WASTE WATER MANAGEMENT; WATER FLOW;

ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; SEWAGE; SWEETENING AGENTS; THIAZINES; WATER; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL; WATER SUPPLY;

CENTRAL EUROPE; EURASIA; EUROPE; SWITZERLAND;

EID: 67449135910     PISSN: 0013936X     EISSN: 15205851     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/es900126x     Document Type: Article

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