Presence and fate of priority substances in domestic greywater treatment and reuse systems

Science of the Total Environment

Volumn 408, Issue 12, 2010, Pages 2444-2451

  Donner, E ^a   Eriksson, E ^b   Revitt, D M ^a   Scholes, L ^a   Lützhøft, H C Holten ^b   Ledin, A ^b  

^a MIDDLESEX UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF DENMARK   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Greywater; Micropollutants; Organic pollutants; Priority substances; Sludge; Water Framework Directive

Indexed keywords

CONTAMINANT LOADS; ECO-LABELING; EMISSION BARRIER; ENVIRONMENTAL BENEFITS; EUROPEAN WATER FRAMEWORK DIRECTIVE; GEOCHEMICAL MODELLING; GREYWATER; GREYWATER TREATMENT; KNOWLEDGE GAPS; MICROPOLLUTANTS; MUNICIPAL SEWERAGE; PHASE ADSORPTION; POTABLE WATER SAVINGS; POTENTIAL FATE; PRIORITY HAZARDOUS SUBSTANCE; REGULATORY CONTROL; REUSE SYSTEMS; SLUDGE WATER; SOURCE CONTROL; TREATMENT EFFICIENCY; WATER PHASE;

ADSORPTION; BIODEGRADATION; BIOMARKERS; DEWATERING; EMISSION CONTROL; LABELS; LAWS AND LEGISLATION; LOCOMOTIVES; ORGANIC POLLUTANTS; POTABLE WATER; RAILROAD CARS; SITE SELECTION; WATER CONSERVATION;

WATER RECYCLING;

BIODEGRADATION; EFFICIENCY MEASUREMENT; GEOCHEMISTRY; HAZARDOUS WASTE; NUMERICAL MODEL; POLLUTANT; SLUDGE; WASTEWATER; WATER TREATMENT; XENOBIOTICS;

ARTICLE; BIODEGRADATION; DOMESTIC WASTE; GEOCHEMISTRY; HAZARDOUS WASTE; POLLUTION CONTROL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEWAGE DISPOSAL; SLUDGE; WASTE WATER MANAGEMENT; WASTE WATER RECYCLING; WASTE WATER TREATMENT PLANT; WATER POLLUTANT;

ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; HOUSEHOLD PRODUCTS; WASTE DISPOSAL, FLUID; WASTE PRODUCTS; WATER; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL;

EID: 77951725567     PISSN: 00489697     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2010.02.033     Document Type: Article

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