Decreasing boron concentrations in UK rivers: Insights into reductions in detergent formulations since the 1990s and within-catchment storage issues

Science of the Total Environment

Volumn 408, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 1374-1385

  Neal, Colin ^a   Williams, Richard J ^a   Bowes, Michael J ^a   Harrass, Michael C ^b   Neal, Margaret ^a   Rowland, Philip ^c   Wickham, Heather ^a   Thacker, Sarah ^c   Harman, Sarah ^a   Vincent, Colin ^c   Jarvie, Helen, P ^a  

^a CENTRE FOR ECOLOGY AND HYDROLOGY   (United Kingdom)

^b Rio Tinto Minerals   (United States)

^c LANCASTER UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Boron; Detergent; Humber; Lois; Ribble; Sewage; Sodium; Thames

Indexed keywords

BASEFLOWS; BORON CONCENTRATIONS; BORON REDUCTION; DETERGENT FORMULATIONS; EFFLUENT CONCENTRATIONS; ENGLAND; FLOW CONDITION; HUMBER; LIMITED DATA; LOIS; LOWER AVERAGE; PEAK CONCENTRATIONS; RIVER CHANNELS; RIVER CHEMISTRY; SEWAGE EFFLUENTS; SEWAGE TREATMENT WORKS; SUBSTANTIAL REDUCTION;

BORON; BORON COMPOUNDS; BORON DEPOSITS; CATCHMENTS; CONCENTRATION (PROCESS); DETERGENTS; EFFLUENT TREATMENT; EFFLUENTS; RIVERS; RUNOFF; SEWAGE; SEWAGE TREATMENT; SODIUM;

RIVER POLLUTION;

BORON; DOMESTIC CHEMICAL; SODIUM;

BORON; CATCHMENT; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); DETERGENT; EFFLUENT; HYDROCHEMISTRY; SEWAGE; SODIUM;

ARTICLE; ATMOSPHERIC DISPERSION; CATCHMENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; POLLUTION MONITORING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RIVER; SEASONAL VARIATION; SEWAGE EFFLUENT; SEWAGE TREATMENT; UNITED KINGDOM; URBAN AREA; WATER CONTAMINATION; WATER FLOW; WATER POLLUTION; WATER SAMPLING;

BORON; DETERGENTS; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; GREAT BRITAIN; RIVERS; SEASONS; SEWAGE; SODIUM; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL; WATER POLLUTION, CHEMICAL; WATER SUPPLY;

ENGLAND; HUMBER RIVER; THAMES RIVER [ENGLAND]; UNITED KINGDOM;

EID: 74849121095     PISSN: 00489697     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2009.10.074     Document Type: Article

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