Direct and indirect photolysis of sulfamethoxazole and trimethoprim in wastewater treatment plant effluent

Water Research

Volumn 45, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 1280-1286

  Ryan, Christopher C ^a   Tan, David T ^a   Arnold, William A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

Author keywords

Dissolved oxygen; Nitrate; Pharmaceuticals; Photolysis; Triplet organic matter; Wastewater

Indexed keywords

BIOGEOCHEMISTRY; DISSOLVED OXYGEN; DRUG PRODUCTS; EFFLUENT TREATMENT; EXCITED STATES; LEAD REMOVAL (WATER TREATMENT); NITRATES; ORGANIC COMPOUNDS; PHOTODEGRADATION; PHOTOLYSIS; SEWAGE LAGOONS; STABILIZATION PONDS; WASTEWATER; WASTEWATER TREATMENT;

ANTIBACTERIAL COMPOUNDS; DIRECT AND INDIRECT PHOTOLYSIS; EFFLUENT ORGANIC MATTER; NATURAL ORGANIC MATTERS; PHOTOLYSIS REACTION; WASTEWATER EFFLUENTS; WASTEWATER STABILIZATION PONDS; WASTEWATER TREATMENT PLANT EFFLUENT;

EFFLUENTS;

HYDROXYL RADICAL; NATURAL ORGANIC MATTER; SULFAMETHOXAZOLE; TRIMETHOPRIM;

ANTIBIOTICS; DISSOLVED OXYGEN; EFFLUENT; HYDROXYL RADICAL; NITRATE; PHOTOLYSIS; WASTEWATER; WATER TREATMENT;

ARTICLE; DEGRADATION; DEOXYGENATION; EFFLUENT; HIGH PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; PHOTOLYSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTUM YIELD; WASTE COMPONENT REMOVAL; WASTE WATER TREATMENT PLANT; WATER ANALYSIS;

EID: 78650545102     PISSN: 00431354     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.watres.2010.10.005     Document Type: Article

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