Fate of indicator endocrine disrupting chemicals insewage during treatment and polishing for non-potable reuse

Water Science and Technology

Volumn 62, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 1416-1423

  Holmes, Mike ^a   Kumar, Anu ^b   Shareef, Ali ^b   Doan, Hai ^b   Stuetz, Richard ^c   Kookana, Rai ^b  

^a United Water International   (Australia)

^b CSIRO   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

Author keywords

Endocrine disrupting compounds; Reuse; Treatment efficiency; Wastewater treatment; Xenoestrogens

Indexed keywords

ACTIVATED SLUDGE TREATMENT; ADELAIDE; AGRICULTURAL LAND; BISPHENOLS; DISSOLVED AIR; ENDOCRINE DISRUPTING CHEMICALS; ENDOCRINE DISRUPTING COMPOUND; ESTROGENICITY; ETHOXYLATES; ETHYNYLESTRADIOL; LIQUID PHASIS; MASS BALANCE; MUNICIPAL WASTEWATER TREATMENT PLANTS; OCTYLPHENOLS; REUSE; SOUTH AUSTRALIA; STABILISATION; TREATMENT EFFICIENCY; XENOESTROGENS; YEAST SCREEN;

BIOSOLIDS; CHEMICALS; COAGULATION; EFFLUENTS; ENDOCRINOLOGY; FERTILIZERS; PHENOLS; PLASTICIZERS; POLISHING; SEWAGE; SOIL CONDITIONERS; SURFACE ACTIVE AGENTS; WASTEWATER; WASTEWATER RECLAMATION; WATER TREATMENT PLANTS;

WASTEWATER TREATMENT;

4 NONYLPHENOL; 4 TERT OCTYLPHENOL; 4,4' ISOPROPYLIDENEDIPHENOL; ENDOCRINE DISRUPTOR; ESTRADIOL; ESTRONE; ETHINYLESTRADIOL;

ACTIVATED SLUDGE; BIOCHEMISTRY; BIOSOLID; COAGULATION; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); ENDOCRINE DISRUPTOR; ESTROGENIC COMPOUND; MASS BALANCE; PARTITIONING; POLLUTANT REMOVAL; RECYCLING; SEWAGE TREATMENT; SURFACTANT;

AGRICULTURAL LAND; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; BIOSOLID; CHEMICAL MODIFICATION; CHLORINATION; EFFLUENT; FLOTATION; GLACIAL MASS BALANCE; LAGOON; SEWAGE TREATMENT; SLUDGE; SLUDGE TREATMENT; WASTE WATER TREATMENT PLANT; YEAST;

ENDOCRINE DISRUPTORS; FACILITY DESIGN AND CONSTRUCTION; RECYCLING; SEWAGE; SOUTH AUSTRALIA; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL; WATER PURIFICATION;

EID: 78649654378     PISSN: 02731223     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2166/wst.2010.436     Document Type: Article

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