Pesticide inputs from the sewage treatment plant of Agrinio to River Acheloos, western Greece: Occurrence and removal

Water Science and Technology

Volumn 62, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 1098-1105

  Stamatis, N ^a,b   Konstantinou, I ^a   Hela, D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF IOANNINA   (Greece)

^b Technological Education Institute of Messolonghi   (Greece)

Author keywords

Acheloos; Occurrence; Pesticides; Removal; Wastewater treatment plant

Indexed keywords

ACHELOOS; ALACHLOR; ANALYTICAL DETERMINATION; ATRAZINES; FENTHION; ISOPROTURON; MASS SPECTROMETRIC DETECTION; METHIDATHION; METOLACHLORS; MUNICIPAL WASTEWATERS; OCCURRENCE; REMOVAL RATE; SECONDARY TREATMENT; SOLID-PHASE EXTRACTION; WASTEWATER TREATMENT PLANT; WESTERN GREECE; WIDE SPECTRUM;

AGRICULTURAL CHEMICALS; EFFLUENTS; EXTRACTION; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY; HERBICIDES; INSECTICIDES; RIVERS; SEWAGE; SEWAGE PUMPING PLANTS; SEWAGE TREATMENT; SEWAGE TREATMENT PLANTS; WASTEWATER; WATER TREATMENT PLANTS; WEED CONTROL;

WASTEWATER TREATMENT;

ALACHLOR; ATRAZINE; CHLORPYRIFOS; DIMPYLATE; FENTHION; INSECTICIDE; ISOPROTURON; METHIDATHION; METOLACHLOR; PESTICIDE;

GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY; MASS SPECTROMETRY; PESTICIDE; POLLUTANT REMOVAL; SAMPLING; SEWAGE TREATMENT; WASTEWATER;

ARTICLE; GREECE; RIVER; SEWAGE EFFLUENT; SEWAGE TREATMENT PLANT; WASTE WATER MANAGEMENT;

GREECE; PESTICIDES; RIVERS; SEWAGE; WASTE DISPOSAL, FLUID; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL; WATER PURIFICATION;

EID: 78049410778     PISSN: 02731223     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2166/wst.2010.932     Document Type: Article

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