Polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons in effluents from wastewater treatment plants and receiving streams in Tianjin, China

Environmental Monitoring and Assessment

Volumn 177, Issue 1-4, 2011, Pages 467-480

  Qi, Weixiao ^a,b   Liu, Huijuan ^a   Qu, Jiuhui ^a   Hu, Chengzhi ^a   Lan, Huachun ^a   Berg, Michael ^c   Ren, Huimin ^a   Xu, Wei ^a,b  

^a RESEARCH CENTER FOR ECO ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CHINESE ACADEMY OF SCIENCES   (China)

^c SWISS FEDERAL INSTITUTE OF AQUATIC SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Organic petrography; PAH profile; Polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons; Wastewater treatment plants

Indexed keywords

AIR DEPOSITION; AIR SAMPLES; BENZ[A]ANTHRACENE; CONTAMINATION SOURCES; DRAINAGE CANALS; HEATING SEASON; INDUSTRIAL CITY; ORGANIC PETROGRAPHY; PAIRED SAMPLE; POLYCYCLIC AROMATICS; PORE WATERS; SEDIMENT SAMPLES; SOURCE APPORTIONMENT; SPATIAL VARIATIONS; SUSPENDED PARTICULATE MATTERS; T-TESTS; TIANJIN; TIANJIN , CHINA; UNTREATED WASTEWATER; WASTEWATER TREATMENT PLANTS; WOOD COMBUSTION;

ANOXIC SEDIMENTS; AROMATIC COMPOUNDS; AROMATIZATION; CANALS; COAL COMBUSTION; COKE OVENS; EFFLUENT TREATMENT; EFFLUENTS; HEATING; HYDRAULIC STRUCTURES; HYDROCARBONS; INDUSTRIAL PLANTS; INDUSTRIAL WATER TREATMENT; PETROGRAPHY; POLYCYCLIC AROMATIC HYDROCARBONS; RECLAMATION; RIVERS; SEDIMENTOLOGY; SEWAGE PUMPING PLANTS; SUSPENDED SEDIMENTS; WASTEWATER; WASTEWATER TREATMENT; WATER TREATMENT PLANTS;

RIVER POLLUTION;

BENZ[A]ANTHRACENE; POLYCYCLIC AROMATIC HYDROCARBON; SURFACE WATER;

ATMOSPHERIC DEPOSITION; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); DISCHARGE; EFFLUENT; FLUVIAL DEPOSIT; PAH; POLLUTANT SOURCE; POREWATER; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; SEASONAL VARIATION; SPATIAL VARIATION; STREAMWATER; SUSPENDED PARTICULATE MATTER; WASTE FACILITY; WASTEWATER; WATER QUALITY; WATER TREATMENT;

AIR SAMPLING; ARTICLE; ATMOSPHERIC DEPOSITION; CHINA; COMBUSTION; EFFLUENT; INDUSTRIAL AREA; SEASONAL VARIATION; SEDIMENT; STREAM (RIVER); SUSPENDED PARTICULATE MATTER; TOTAL ORGANIC CARBON; WASTE WATER TREATMENT PLANT; WATER CONTAMINATION; WATER SAMPLING;

CHINA; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; POLYCYCLIC HYDROCARBONS, AROMATIC; WASTE DISPOSAL, FLUID; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL; WATER POLLUTION, CHEMICAL;

CHINA; TIANJIN; YONGDING RIVER [CHINA];

EID: 79959730186     PISSN: 01676369     EISSN: 15732959     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10661-010-1648-4     Document Type: Article

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