Similarities in effluent organic matter characteristics from Connecticut wastewater treatment plants

Water Research

Volumn 46, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 284-294

  Quaranta, Matthew L ^a   Mendes, Mykel D ^a   MacKay, Allison A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT   (United States)

Author keywords

Excitation emission matrix; NOM; SUVA

Indexed keywords

AMINO ACIDS; BIOGEOCHEMISTRY; EFFLUENT TREATMENT; EFFLUENTS; FLUORESCENCE; HYDROPHOBICITY; ORGANIC CARBON; RECLAMATION; RESINS; SEWAGE PUMPING PLANTS; WASTEWATER TREATMENT; WATER TREATMENT PLANTS;

CONNECTICUT USA; EFFLUENT ORGANIC MATTER; EXCITATION EMISSION MATRICES; HYDROPHOBIC FRACTIONS; HYDROPHOBICS; MUNICIPAL WASTEWATER TREATMENT PLANTS; NOM; ORGANIC MATTER FRACTION; SUVA; WASTE WATER TREATMENT PLANTS;

SIZE EXCLUSION CHROMATOGRAPHY;

EFFLUENT ORGANIC MATTER; ORGANIC MATTER; RESIN; TRYPTOPHAN; TYROSINE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ABSORBANCE; CHROMATOGRAPHY; EFFLUENT; FLUORESCENCE; HUMIC ACID; HYDROPHOBICITY; ORGANIC GEOCHEMISTRY; ORGANIC MATTER; RESIN; WASTEWATER; WATER TREATMENT;

ABSORPTION; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FLUORESCENCE ANALYSIS; GEL PERMEATION CHROMATOGRAPHY; GEOCHEMISTRY; HYDROPHILICITY; HYDROPHOBICITY; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TOTAL ORGANIC CARBON; UNITED STATES; WASTE WATER TREATMENT PLANT;

CONNECTICUT; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84355162013     PISSN: 00431354     EISSN: 18792448     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.watres.2011.10.010     Document Type: Article

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