Organochlorine pesticides removal from wastewater by pine bark adsorption after activated sludge treatment

Environmental Technology

Volumn 32, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 673-683

  Sousa, Sergio ^a   Jimenez Guerrero, Pedro ^b   Ruiz, Antonio ^b   Ratola, Nuno ^a   Alves, Arminda ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PORTO   (Portugal)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MURCIA   (Spain)

Author keywords

adsorption; biological treatment; heptachlor; lindane; pine bark

Indexed keywords

ACTIVATED CARBON; ADSORPTION; AGRICULTURAL CHEMICALS; BIODEGRADATION; BIOGEOCHEMISTRY; BIOLOGICAL MATERIALS; CHEMICAL OXYGEN DEMAND; CYCLOHEXANE; DEGRADATION; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; EXTRACTION; INSECTICIDES; ORGANIC COMPOUNDS; WASTEWATER; WASTEWATER TREATMENT;

ACTIVATED SLUDGE; ACTIVATED SLUDGE TREATMENT; BIOLOGICAL TREATMENT; CONTAMINATED WATER; EXPERIMENTAL SETUP; HEPTACHLOR; LINDANE; ORGANOCHLORINE PESTICIDES; PINE BARK; REMOVAL EFFICIENCIES; SOLID-PHASE MICROEXTRACTION; STANDARD SOLUTIONS; TERTIARY TREATMENT;

ACTIVATED CARBON TREATMENT;

HEPTACHLOR; LINDANE;

ACTIVATED SLUDGE; ADSORPTION; BARK; BIODEGRADATION; CHEMICAL OXYGEN DEMAND; CONIFEROUS TREE; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; HCH; ORGANOCHLORINE; PESTICIDE; POLLUTANT REMOVAL; WASTEWATER;

ADSORPTION; ARTICLE; BARK; BIODEGRADATION; BIOMASS; CHEMICAL OXYGEN DEMAND; PINE; SLUDGE TREATMENT; SOLID PHASE MICROEXTRACTION; WASTE COMPONENT REMOVAL; WASTE WATER MANAGEMENT; WATER CONTAMINATION;

EID: 79958854332     PISSN: 09593330     EISSN: 1479487X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09593330.2010.510535     Document Type: Article

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