Occurrence of PPCPs at a wastewater treatment plant and in soil and groundwater at a land application site

Water, Air, and Soil Pollution

Volumn 216, Issue 1-4, 2011, Pages 257-273

  Karnjanapiboonwong, Adcharee ^a   Suski, Jamie G ^a   Shah, Ankit A ^a   Cai, Qingsong ^a   Morse, Audra N ^b   Anderson, Todd A ^a  

^a TEXAS TECH UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Texas Tech University   (United States)

Author keywords

Groundwater; Land application; Pharmaceuticals and personal care products (PPCPs); Sludge; Soil contamination; Wastewater

Indexed keywords

AQUATIC ENVIRONMENTS; CIPROFLOXACIN; CONFIRMATORY ANALYSIS; ETHYNYLESTRADIOL; FIELD SCALE; HPLC/UV; LAND APPLICATIONS; LIQUID PHASE; PHARMACEUTICALS AND PERSONAL CARE PRODUCTS; PHARMACEUTICALS AND PERSONAL CARE PRODUCTS (PPCPS); SLUDGE; SLUDGE SAMPLES; SOIL CONTAMINATION; SOLID-PHASE; STUDY SITES; TARGET COMPOUND; TREATED EFFLUENT; TREATED WASTEWATER; TRICLOSAN; WASTEWATER EFFLUENTS; WASTEWATER TREATMENT PLANTS;

AGRICULTURAL RUNOFF; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; DRUG PRODUCTS; EFFLUENT TREATMENT; GROUNDWATER; GROUNDWATER POLLUTION; SEWAGE PUMPING PLANTS; SEWAGE SLUDGE; SOIL POLLUTION; SOILS; WASTEWATER; WASTEWATER TREATMENT; WATER TREATMENT PLANTS;

EFFLUENTS;

CAFFEINE; CIPROFLOXACIN; ESTRADIOL; ESTRIOL; ESTRONE; ETHINYLESTRADIOL; GROUND WATER; IBUPROFEN; TRICLOSAN;

GROUNDWATER POLLUTION; INDUSTRIAL WASTE; PHARMACEUTICAL INDUSTRY; SLUDGE; SOIL POLLUTION; WASTE FACILITY; WASTE TREATMENT; WASTEWATER; WATER TREATMENT;

ARTICLE; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT ASSESSMENT; HIGH PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; MASS FRAGMENTOGRAPHY; SEWAGE; SOIL ANALYSIS; SOIL POLLUTION; ULTRAVIOLET RADIATION; WASTE WATER; WASTE WATER TREATMENT PLANT; WATER ANALYSIS; WATER POLLUTION; WATER SAMPLING;

EID: 79951950204     PISSN: 00496979     EISSN: 15732932     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11270-010-0532-8     Document Type: Article

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