Improved removal of estrogenic and pharmaceutical compounds in sewage effluent by full scale granular activated carbon: Impact on receiving river water

Journal of Hazardous Materials

Volumn 185, Issue 2-3, 2011, Pages 1005-1011

  Grover, D P ^a   Zhou, J L ^b   Frickers, P E ^c   Readman, J W ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SUSSEX   (United Kingdom)

^b LONDON SOUTH BANK UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^c PLYMOUTH MARINE LABORATORY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Endocrine disrupting chemicals; Granular activated carbon; Liquid chromatography tandem mass spectrometry; Pharmaceuticals; Sewage effluents; Steroidal estrogens

Indexed keywords

ENDOCRINE DISRUPTING CHEMICALS; GRANULAR ACTIVATED CARBONS; LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY-TANDEM MASS SPECTROMETRY; PHARMACEUTICALS; SEWAGE EFFLUENTS; STEROIDAL ESTROGENS;

ACTIVATED CARBON; ACTIVATED CARBON TREATMENT; AMIDES; CHEMICALS; DRUG PRODUCTS; EFFLUENTS; GRANULAR MATERIALS; HIGH PRESSURE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; LIQUIDS; MASS SPECTROMETRY; SEWAGE; SEWAGE TREATMENT; SOLVENT EXTRACTION; WATER POLLUTION;

CHROMATOGRAPHY;

ACTIVATED CARBON; CARBAMAZEPINE; DICLOFENAC; DRUG; ESTROGEN; INDOMETACIN; MEBEVERINE; MECLOFENAMIC ACID; MECOPROP; MONENSIN; PROPRANOLOL; RIVER WATER; TAMOXIFEN; THIORIDAZINE;

ACTIVATED CARBON; DRUG; EFFLUENT; ENDOCRINE DISRUPTOR; ESTROGENIC COMPOUND; EXTRACTION METHOD; LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; MASS SPECTROMETRY; POLLUTANT REMOVAL; RIVER WATER; SAMPLING; SEWAGE; STEROID; SURFACE WATER;

ARTICLE; LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; SEWAGE EFFLUENT; SOLID PHASE EXTRACTION; TANDEM MASS SPECTROMETRY; WASTE WATER TREATMENT PLANT; WATER QUALITY;

CARBON; CHROMATOGRAPHY, LIQUID; ESTROGENS; FRESH WATER; PHARMACEUTICAL PREPARATIONS; REFERENCE STANDARDS; SEWAGE; SOLID PHASE EXTRACTION; TANDEM MASS SPECTROMETRY; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL;

EID: 78649940873     PISSN: 03043894     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jhazmat.2010.10.005     Document Type: Article

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