Evidence for widespread dechlorination of polychlorinated biphenyls in groundwater, landfills, and wastewater collection systems

Environmental Science and Technology

Volumn 44, Issue 19, 2010, Pages 7534-7540

  Rodenburg, Lisa A ^a   Du, Songyan ^a   Fennell, Donna E ^a   Cavallo, Gregory J ^b  

^a RUTGERS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Delaware River Basin Commission   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANAEROBIC BACTERIUM; ANAEROBIC CONDITIONS; ANAEROBIC DIGESTER; AQUATIC SEDIMENTS; AROCLORS; CONTAMINATED GROUNDWATER; CONTAMINATED SEDIMENT; DATA SETS; DELAWARE RIVER; INTERMEDIATE STAGE; LANDFILL LEACHATES; LARGE DATABASE; PCB CONGENERS; POSITIVE MATRIX FACTORIZATION; SEWER SYSTEM; STORM WATER RUNOFF; TOTAL LOAD; WASTEWATER COLLECTION SYSTEMS; WASTEWATER TREATMENT PLANTS;

BACTERIA; COMBINED SEWERS; CONTAMINATION; DECHLORINATION; EFFLUENTS; GROUNDWATER; GROUNDWATER POLLUTION; INDUSTRIAL WASTE TREATMENT; LEACHATE TREATMENT; LEACHING; ORGANIC POLLUTANTS; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYLS; REFUSE DISPOSAL; RIVER POLLUTION; RIVERS; SEDIMENTOLOGY; STAGES; WASTEWATER; WASTEWATER TREATMENT; WATER TREATMENT PLANTS;

WATER POLLUTION CONTROL;

BIPHENYL DERIVATIVE; GROUND WATER; STORM WATER;

ANOXIC CONDITIONS; BACTERIUM; BIOTRANSFORMATION; DECHLORINATION; LANDFILL; PCB; STORMWATER; WASTE TREATMENT; WASTEWATER;

ANAEROBIC BACTERIUM; ARTICLE; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); DECHLORINATION; EFFLUENT; LANDFILL; LANDFILL LEACHATE; NONHUMAN; RIVER; SEDIMENT; SEWER; WASTE WATER MANAGEMENT; WASTE WATER TREATMENT PLANT; WATER CONTAMINATION;

CHLORINE; FRESH WATER; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYLS; REFUSE DISPOSAL; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL;

EID: 77957364206     PISSN: 0013936X     EISSN: 15205851     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/es1019564     Document Type: Article

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