Removal of steroid estrogens in carbonaceous and nitrifying activated sludge processes

Chemosphere

Volumn 81, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 1-6

  McAdam, Ewan J ^a   Bagnall, John P ^a   Koh, Yoong K K ^b   Chiu, Tze Y ^c   Pollard, Simon ^a   Scrimshaw, Mark D ^d   Lester, John N ^a   Cartmell, Elise ^a  

^a CRANFIELD UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b Public Utilities Board Singapore   (Singapore)

^c AECOM   (United Kingdom)

^d BRUNEL UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Activated sludge; Carbonaceous; Estrogen; Loading; Nitrification

Indexed keywords

ACTIVATED SLUDGE; BIODEGRADATION EFFICIENCY; BIOMASS ACTIVITY; CARBONACEOUS; ESTROGEN; ESTROGEN ACTIVITY; HETEROTROPHS; HYDRAULIC RETENTION TIME; LINEAR CORRELATION; REACTION TIME; REMOVAL EFFICIENCIES; SOLIDS RETENTION TIME; STEROID ESTROGENS;

BIODEGRADATION; BIOMASS; DEGRADATION; DENITRIFICATION; LOADING; MICROBIOLOGY; NITRIFICATION; OXIDATION; REMOVAL;

ACTIVATED SLUDGE PROCESS;

ESTROGEN; CARBON; NITROGEN; SEWAGE; WATER POLLUTANT;

ACTIVATED SLUDGE; BIODEGRADATION; BIOMASS; DENITRIFICATION; ESTROGENIC COMPOUND; MICROBIAL ACTIVITY; POLLUTANT REMOVAL; RETENTION; STEROID;

ACTIVATED SLUDGE; ARTICLE; BIODEGRADATION; BIOMASS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DENITRIFICATION; ESTROGEN ACTIVITY; HETEROTROPHY; HYDRAULIC CONDUCTIVITY; NITRIFICATION; WASTE COMPONENT REMOVAL; ANALYSIS; BACTERIA; BIOREMEDIATION; CHEMISTRY; METABOLISM; MICROBIOLOGY; PROCEDURES; SEWAGE; WATER POLLUTANT;

BACTERIA; BIODEGRADATION, ENVIRONMENTAL; BIOMASS; CARBON; ESTROGENS; NITROGEN; SEWAGE; WASTE DISPOSAL, FLUID; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL;

EID: 77956059376     PISSN: 00456535     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.chemosphere.2010.07.057     Document Type: Article

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