Contribution of combined sewer overflows to trace contaminant loads in urban streams

Water Research

Volumn 44, Issue 15, 2010, Pages 4451-4462

  Weyrauch, Philip ^a   Matzinger, Andreas ^a   Pawlowsky Reusing, Erika ^b   Plume, Stephan ^a   von Seggern, Dörthe ^c   Heinzmann, Bernd ^b   Schroeder, Kai ^a   Rouault, Pascale ^a  

^a KompetenzZentrum Wasser Berlin   (Germany)

^b BERLINER WASSERBETRIEBE   (Germany)

^c Environment and Consumer Protection   (Germany)

Author keywords

Combined sewer overflows; CSO; EDTA; NTA; Priority pollutants; River spree

Indexed keywords

AQUATIC ORGANISMS; COMBINED SEWERS; CONTAMINATION; EFFLUENTS; ETHYLENEDIAMINETETRAACETIC ACID; RIVERS; SEWAGE; WASTEWATER TREATMENT;

BERLIN , GERMANY; COMBINED SEWER OVERFLOWS; COMBINED SEWER SYSTEMS; CONCENTRATION OF SUBSTANCES; NITRILOTRIACETIC ACID; PRIORITY POLLUTANTS; TRACE CONTAMINANTS; WASTEWATER TREATMENT PLANTS;

RIVER POLLUTION;

EDETIC ACID; NITRILOTRIACETIC ACID;

CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); EDTA; POLLUTANT REMOVAL; POLLUTION MONITORING; SEWER NETWORK; STREAMWATER; URBAN AREA; WASTE FACILITY; WATER POLLUTION; WATER QUALITY;

ARTICLE; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT ASSESSMENT; GERMANY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEWAGE EFFLUENT; SEWER OUTFALL; STREAM (RIVER); URBAN AREA; WASTE WATER MANAGEMENT; WATER CONTAMINATION;

GERMANY; SPREE RIVER;

EID: 77955267216     PISSN: 00431354     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.watres.2010.06.011     Document Type: Article

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