Occurrence and removal of fungicides in municipal sewage treatment plant

Journal of Hazardous Materials

Volumn 175, Issue 1-3, 2010, Pages 829-835

  Stamatis, N ^a,b   Hela, D ^a   Konstantinou, I ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF IOANNINA   (Greece)

^b Technological Education Institute of Messolonghi   (Greece)

Author keywords

Fungicides; Occurrence; Removal; Sewage; Treatment plant

Indexed keywords

ACTIVATED SLUDGE; ANALYTICAL DETERMINATION; AZOLE FUNGICIDES; CYPROCONAZOLE; EFFLUENT CONCENTRATIONS; LOW LEVEL; MASS SPECTROMETRIC DETECTION; MUNICIPAL SEWAGE TREATMENT PLANT; MUNICIPAL WASTEWATER TREATMENT; OCCURRENCE; PYRIMETHANIL; REMOVAL EFFICIENCIES; REMOVAL RATE; RIVER WATER SAMPLES; SAND FILTRATION; SECONDARY TREATMENT; SEWAGE DISCHARGES; SOLID-PHASE EXTRACTION; TARGET ANALYTES; TEBUCONAZOLE; TERTIARY TREATMENT;

ACTIVATED SLUDGE PROCESS; AGRICULTURAL CHEMICALS; CHEMICAL OXYGEN DEMAND; CHROMATOGRAPHIC ANALYSIS; EFFLUENTS; EXTRACTION; FUNGICIDES; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY; REMOVAL; SEWAGE; SEWAGE TREATMENT PLANTS; WASTEWATER; WASTEWATER RECLAMATION;

WASTEWATER TREATMENT;

CHLORINE; CYPROCONAZOLE; FUNGICIDE; PENCONAZOLE; PYRIMETHANIL; PYRIMIDINE DERIVATIVE; RIVER WATER; TEBUCONAZOLE; TRIADIMEFON; TRIAZOLE DERIVATIVE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

EFFLUENT; FUNGICIDE; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY; MASS SPECTROMETRY; REMOVAL EXPERIMENT; RIVER WATER; SEWAGE TREATMENT; WASTEWATER;

ACTIVATED SLUDGE; ARTICLE; CAPILLARY GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY; CHLORINATION; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONTROLLED STUDY; FILTRATION; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY; GREECE; MASS SPECTROMETRY; SAND; SEWAGE EFFLUENT; SEWAGE TREATMENT PLANT; SOLID PHASE EXTRACTION; WASTE COMPONENT REMOVAL; WASTE WATER; WASTE WATER MANAGEMENT; WATER ANALYSIS; WATER SAMPLING;

CHROMATOGRAPHY, GAS; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FUNGICIDES, INDUSTRIAL; GREECE; INDUSTRIAL WASTE; MASS SPECTROMETRY; QUALITY CONTROL; RIVERS; SEWAGE; TRIAZOLES; WASTE DISPOSAL, FLUID; WATER; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL; WATER PURIFICATION;

EURASIA; EUROPE; GREECE; SOUTHERN EUROPE;

EID: 72049117646     PISSN: 03043894     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jhazmat.2009.10.084     Document Type: Article

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