Fate and removal of permethrin by conventional activated sludge treatment

Environmental Technology

Volumn 32, Issue 12, 2011, Pages 1367-1373

  Santos, A ^a   Reif, R ^b   Hillis, P ^c   Judd, S J ^a  

^a CRANFIELD UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SANTIAGO DE COMPOSTELA   (Spain)

^c UNITED UTILITIES   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

activated sludge; adsorption; permethrin removal; SRT

Indexed keywords

ACTIVATED SLUDGE PROCESS; ADSORPTION; EFFLUENTS; WASTEWATER; WASTEWATER TREATMENT;

ACTIVATED SLUDGE; CONVENTIONAL ACTIVATED SLUDGE TREATMENTS; FEED CONCENTRATION; MICROPOLLUTANTS; MIXED LIQUOR SUSPENDED SOLIDS; PERMETHRIN; PHYSICOCHEMICAL PROPERTY; PILOT PLANT SCALE; PRIMARY TREATMENT; SECONDARY TREATMENT; SOLIDS RETENTION TIME; SOLUBLE ORGANIC MATTERS; SRT; TONALIDE; TREATED EFFLUENT;

PESTICIDE EFFECTS;

AMMONIA; GALAXOLIDE; NITROGEN; ORGANIC MATTER; PERMETHRIN; TONALIDE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ACCLIMATION; ACTIVATED SLUDGE; ADSORPTION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; ORGANIC MATTER; PERMETHRIN; PHYSICOCHEMICAL PROPERTY; POLLUTANT REMOVAL; WASTE TREATMENT; WASTEWATER;

ACCLIMATIZATION; ACTIVATED SLUDGE; ARTICLE; BIOCHEMICAL OXYGEN DEMAND; CHEMICAL OXYGEN DEMAND; CONVENTIONAL ACTIVATED SLUDGE; EFFLUENT; HYDRAULIC RESIDENCE TIME; MIXED LIQUOR SUSPENDED SOLID; PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY; POLLUTANT; SLUDGE TREATMENT; SOLIDS RETENTION TIME; SUSPENDED PARTICULATE MATTER; TIME; WASTE COMPONENT REMOVAL; WASTE WATER MANAGEMENT; WATER QUALITY;

EID: 80052824673     PISSN: 09593330     EISSN: 1479487X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09593330.2010.536787     Document Type: Article

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