The impact of co-contaminants and septic system effluent quality on the transport of estrogens and nonylphenols through soil

Water Research

Volumn 44, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 1598-1606

  Stanford, Benjamin D ^a   Amoozegar, Aziz ^b   Weinberg, Howard S ^a  

^a University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill   (United States)

^b NORTH CAROLINA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIODEGRADATION; CRITICAL MICELLE CONCENTRATION; EFFLUENT TREATMENT; GROUNDWATER; MICELLES; ORGANIC CARBON; PHENOLS; SEPTIC TANKS; SOILS; WASTEWATER DISPOSAL; WASTEWATER TREATMENT; WATER QUALITY;

COLUMN EXPERIMENTS; DECENTRALIZED SYSTEM; ON-SITE WASTEWATER TREATMENT SYSTEMS; ORGANIC WASTEWATER; SEPTIC TANK EFFLUENT; SURROGATE INDICATORS; TOC CONCENTRATIONS; TOTAL ORGANIC CARBON;

EFFLUENTS;

ESTRADIOL; ESTROGEN DERIVATIVE; ESTRONE; ORGANIC CARBON; PHENOL DERIVATIVE; SURFACTANT;

BIODEGRADATION; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); EFFLUENT; ESTROGENIC COMPOUND; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; PHENOL; RETENTION; SEWAGE TREATMENT; SOIL; STORAGE TANK; SURFACTANT; TOTAL ORGANIC CARBON; TRANSFORMATION; WASTEWATER;

AQUEOUS SOLUTION; ARTICLE; BIOREMEDIATION; BIOTRANSFORMATION; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); EFFLUENT; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; MICELLE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEPTIC TANK; SOIL POLLUTANT; SOIL POLLUTION; WASTE DISPOSAL; WASTE WATER MANAGEMENT; WATER POLLUTION INDICATOR; WATER QUALITY;

EID: 76749115222     PISSN: 00431354     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.watres.2009.11.011     Document Type: Article

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