Occurrence of nonylphenol ethoxylates and their metabolites in municipal wastewater treatment plants and receiving waters

Water Environment Research

Volumn 82, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 447-454

  Klečka, Gary M ^a   Naylor, Carter G ^b   Staples, Charles A ^c   Losey, Barbara ^d  

^a DOW CHEMICAL COMPANY   (United States)

^b Assessment Technologies ^*

^c Assessment Technologies   (United States)

^d RegNet Environmental Services   (United States)

Author keywords

Effluent; Ether carboxylates; Nonylphenol; Pore water; Water quality criteria

Indexed keywords

ACTIVATED SLUDGE PROCESS; BIODEGRADATION; BIOMOLECULES; CARBOXYLATION; ECOSYSTEMS; EFFLUENTS; ETHERS; METABOLITES; MIXING; PHENOLS; SEWAGE PUMPING PLANTS; WASTEWATER DISPOSAL; WASTEWATER TREATMENT; WATER; WATER QUALITY; WATER TREATMENT PLANTS;

MUNICIPAL ACTIVATED SLUDGE; MUNICIPAL WASTEWATER TREATMENT PLANTS; NONYLPHENOL ETHOXYLATES; NONYLPHENOLS; PORE WATERS; RESIDENTIAL WASTEWATERS; WASTEWATER TREATMENT PLANTS; WATER QUALITY CRITERIA;

RIVERS;

NONYLPHENOL; NONYLPHENOL ETHER CARBOXYLATE; NONYLPHENOL ETHOXYLATE; SURFACE WATER; SURFACTANT; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; ETHYLENE GLYCOL DERIVATIVE; TERICS;

ACTIVATED SLUDGE; BIODEGRADATION; EFFLUENT; METABOLITE; POREWATER; STREAM; SURFACTANT; WASTE DISPOSAL; WASTEWATER; WATER QUALITY; WATER TREATMENT;

ACTIVATED SLUDGE; AQUATIC ENVIRONMENT; AQUATIC SPECIES; ARTICLE; BIODEGRADATION; EFFLUENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEDIMENT; WASTE WATER TREATMENT PLANT; WATER QUALITY; CHEMISTRY; CITY; METHODOLOGY; SEWAGE; WATER POLLUTANT;

CITIES; ETHYLENE GLYCOLS; WASTE DISPOSAL, FLUID; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL;

EID: 77953145611     PISSN: 10614303     EISSN: 15547531     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2175/106143009X12529484815674     Document Type: Article

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