Elimination of selected pharmaceuticals by biosolids from municipal wastewater treatment plants: Importance of modest pH change and degree of mineralization

Water Science and Technology

Volumn 62, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 1084-1089

  Kimura, K ^a   Hara, H ^a   Watanabe, Y ^a  

^a HOKKAIDO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Biodegradation; Mineralization; Pharmaceuticals; Wastewater treatment

Indexed keywords

ACIDIC PHARMACEUTICALS; ACTIVATED SLUDGE SYSTEMS; ANALYTICAL METHOD; BATCH EXPERIMENTS; BIOLOGICAL WASTE WATER TREATMENT; ELIMINATION RATE; LC/MS/MS; MINERALIZATION; MUNICIPAL WASTEWATER TREATMENT PLANTS; NATURAL WATER BODIES; PH CHANGE; PH CONDITION; PHARMACEUTICALS; PILOT-SCALE MEMBRANES; WASTEWATER TREATMENT PLANTS;

ACTIVATED SLUDGE PROCESS; BIODEGRADATION; BIOLOGICAL MATERIALS; BIOREACTORS; BIOSOLIDS; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; DEGRADATION; DRUG PRODUCTS; EXPERIMENTS; MICROBIOLOGY; MINERALOGY; RECLAMATION; SEWAGE PUMPING PLANTS; WASTEWATER; WASTEWATER TREATMENT; WATER TREATMENT PLANTS;

BIOLOGICAL WATER TREATMENT;

CARBAMAZEPINE; CARBON 14; CLOFIBRIC ACID; IBUPROFEN; KETOPROFEN; MEFENAMIC ACID; NAPROXEN; PRIMIDONE;

ACTIVATED SLUDGE; BIOREACTOR; BIOSOLID; DRUG; MINERALIZATION; MUNICIPAL SOLID WASTE; PH; WASTE TREATMENT; WASTEWATER;

ARTICLE; BIODEGRADATION; BIOSOLID; MINERALIZATION; PH MEASUREMENT; WASTE WATER MANAGEMENT; WASTE WATER TREATMENT PLANT;

CITIES; HYDROGEN-ION CONCENTRATION; KINETICS; PHARMACEUTICAL PREPARATIONS; SEWAGE; WASTE DISPOSAL, FLUID; WATER; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL; WATER PURIFICATION;

EID: 78049357837     PISSN: 02731223     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2166/wst.2010.356     Document Type: Article

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