Xenobiotic removal efficiencies in wastewater treatment plants: Residence time distributions as a guiding principle for sampling strategies

Water Research

Volumn 45, Issue 18, 2011, Pages 6152-6162

  Majewsky, Marius ^a   Gallé, Tom ^a   Bayerle, Michael ^a   Goel, Rajeev ^b   Fischer, Klaus ^c   Vanrolleghem, Peter A ^d  

^a CRP Henri Tudor   (Luxembourg)

^b Environmental Software Solutions Inc ^*  (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TRIER   (Germany)

^d UNIVERSITÉ LAVAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

Conductivity; Hydraulic residence time; Optimal experimental design; Removal efficiency; Sampling; Xenobiotics

Indexed keywords

BIODEGRADABILITY; BIODEGRADATION; DEGRADATION; EFFICIENCY; EFFLUENTS; MIXING; SEWAGE PUMPING PLANTS; SOLUTE TRANSPORT; WASTEWATER TREATMENT; WATER TREATMENT PLANTS;

CONDUCTIVITY; GUIDING PRINCIPLES; HYDRAULIC RESIDENCE TIME; INFLUENT LOADS; OPTIMAL EXPERIMENTAL DESIGNS; REMOVAL EFFICIENCIES; SAMPLING PERIOD; SAMPLING STRATEGIES; WASTE WATER TREATMENT PLANTS; XENOBIOTIC;

RESIDENCE TIME DISTRIBUTION;

XENOBIOTIC AGENT;

ATMOSPHERIC CHEMISTRY; BIODEGRADATION; CALIBRATION; ECOLOGICAL ENGINEERING; EFFLUENT; EXPERIMENTAL DESIGN; MIXING RATIO; OPTIMIZATION; OXIC CONDITIONS; POLLUTANT REMOVAL; RESIDENCE TIME; RETENTION; SAMPLING BIAS; SOLUTE TRANSPORT; WASTEWATER; WATER TREATMENT; XENOBIOTICS;

ACCURACY; ARTICLE; BIODEGRADABILITY; BIODEGRADATION; CALIBRATION; DEGRADATION KINETICS; EFFLUENT; LUXEMBOURG; MODEL; MONITORING; NONHUMAN; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PRODUCTIVITY; RELIABILITY; RESIDENCE TIME DISTRIBUTION; SAMPLING; SIMULATION; TIME; WASTE COMPONENT REMOVAL; WASTE WATER; WASTE WATER TREATMENT PLANT; WEATHER;

LUXEMBOURG [BENELUX];

EID: 80054044272     PISSN: 00431354     EISSN: 18792448     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.watres.2011.09.005     Document Type: Article

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