Fate and biotransformation of metal and metalloid species in biological wastewater treatment processes

Critical Reviews in Environmental Science and Technology

Volumn 40, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 307-364

  Stasinakis, Athanasios S ^a   Thomaidis, Nikolaos S ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE AEGEAN   (Greece)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS   (Greece)

Author keywords

Activated sludge; Anaerobic digestion; Metal speciation; Removal; Toxicity

Indexed keywords

ACTIVATED SLUDGE; ATTACHED GROWTH; BIOLOGICAL WASTE WATER TREATMENT; BIOLOGICAL WASTEWATER TREATMENT PROCESS; CHROMIUM SPECIES; ELEMENT CONCENTRATIONS; ELEMENTAL SPECIATION; LITERATURE REVIEWS; MERCURY AND SELENIUM; METAL SPECIATION; ORGANIC CONSTITUENTS; ORGANOARSENICALS; ORGANOTIN COMPOUND; PHYSICOCHEMICAL PROPERTY; REUSE OF WASTEWATER; TOXIC METALS; TRIBUTYLTIN; TRIPHENYLTIN; WASTEWATER TREATMENT PROCESS;

ACTIVATED SLUDGE PROCESS; ANAEROBIC DIGESTION; ARSENIC; BIOACTIVITY; BIOCHEMICAL OXYGEN DEMAND; BIOLOGICAL WATER TREATMENT; CHROMIUM; CHROMIUM COMPOUNDS; DETOXIFICATION; MERCURY (METAL); METALS; ORGANOMETALLICS; SELENIUM; SLUDGE DIGESTION; TIN; TIN COMPOUNDS; TITANIUM COMPOUNDS; TOXICITY; WASTEWATER; WASTEWATER RECLAMATION; WASTEWATER TREATMENT; WATER RECYCLING; WATER TREATMENT PLANTS;

CHEMICALS REMOVAL (WATER TREATMENT);

ARSENIC DERIVATIVE; CHROMIUM DERIVATIVE; MERCURY DERIVATIVE; METAL; ORGANOTIN COMPOUND; SELENIUM DERIVATIVE; TRIBUTYLTIN; TRIPHENYLTIN;

BIODEGRADATION; BIOTRANSFORMATION; DETOXIFICATION; LITERATURE REVIEW; OXIDATION; PHYSICOCHEMICAL PROPERTY; REDUCTION; REMOVAL EXPERIMENT; SPECIATION (CHEMISTRY); TOXICITY; TOXICOLOGY; WASTEWATER;

ACCLIMATIZATION; ACTIVATED SLUDGE; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BIOTRANSFORMATION; DETOXIFICATION; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY; REVIEW; WASTE WATER MANAGEMENT;

EID: 77749237153     PISSN: 10643389     EISSN: 15476537     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10643380802339026     Document Type: Review

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