Monitoring the biological activity of micropollutants during advanced wastewater treatment with ozonation and activated carbon filtration

Water Research

Volumn 44, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 477-492

  Macova, M ^a   Escher, B I ^a   Reungoat, J ^a   Carswell, S ^a,b   Chue, K Lee ^a   Keller, J ^a   Mueller, J F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^b QUEENSLAND HEALTH   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACTIVATED CARBON; ACTIVATED CARBON TREATMENT; ACTIVATED SLUDGE PROCESS; BACTERIA; BIOACTIVITY; BIOLOGICAL WATER TREATMENT; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; CHEMICAL WATER TREATMENT; EFFLUENT TREATMENT; FLOTATION; MIXTURES; ORGANIC CARBON; OZONE; OZONE WATER TREATMENT; OZONIZATION; PHASE SEPARATION; QUALITY CONTROL; SEWAGE PUMPING PLANTS; TOXICITY; WASTEWATER RECLAMATION; WASTEWATER TREATMENT; WATER CONSERVATION; WATER FILTRATION; WATER QUALITY; WATER TREATMENT PLANTS;

BIOANALYTICAL; EQUIVALENT CONCENTRATIONS; MICROPOLLUTANTS; MODE OF TOXIC ACTIONS; ORGANIC MICROPOLLUTANTS; REMOVAL EFFICIENCIES; SEWAGE-TREATMENT PLANTS; TEST BATTERIES; TOXIC EQUIVALENTS; WATER RECLAMATION PLANTS;

EFFLUENTS;

ACTIVATED CARBON; CARBAMATE INSECTICIDE; CARBANILAMIDE; ESTROGEN; METAL; ORGANOPHOSPHATE INSECTICIDE; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYL; POLYCHLORINATED DIBENZODIOXIN; POLYCYCLIC AROMATIC HYDROCARBON; TOXIC SUBSTANCE; TRIAZINE DERIVATIVE;

ACTIVATED CARBON; BIOASSAY; COAGULATION; DISSOLVED ORGANIC CARBON; FILTRATION; FLOCCULATION; POLLUTANT REMOVAL; WASTEWATER; WATER TREATMENT;

ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; BIOASSAY; BIOLUMINESCENCE; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; EFFLUENT; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FILTRATION; GENOTOXICITY; NEUROTOXICITY; NONHUMAN; NUTRIENT; OZONATION; PHYTOTOXICITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEPARATION TECHNIQUE; SEWAGE TREATMENT; SOLID PHASE EXTRACTION; VIBRIO FISCHERI; WASTE WATER MANAGEMENT; WASTE WATER RECYCLING; WATER POLLUTANT;

AUSTRALIA; QUEENSLAND;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); VIBRIO FISCHERI;

EID: 75849141150     PISSN: 00431354     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.watres.2009.09.025     Document Type: Article

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