Removal of genotoxicity in chlorinated secondary effluent of a domestic wastewater treatment plant during dechlorination

Environmental Science and Pollution Research

Volumn 19, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 1-7

  Wu, Qian Yuan ^a   Li, Yi ^b   Hu, Hong Ying ^a   Ding, Ya Nan ^b   Huang, Huang ^a   Zhao, Feng Yun ^a  

^a TSINGHUA UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b HOHAI UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Chlorination; Dechlorination; Disinfection by products; Genotoxicity; Wastewater reclamation

Indexed keywords

CHLORINE; MUTAGENIC AGENT; SODIUM SULFATE; SULFATE; TRYPTOPHAN;

CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); DECHLORINATION; DISINFECTION; DISSOLVED ORGANIC MATTER; EFFLUENT; FLUORESCENCE; GENOTOXICITY; HYDROPHOBICITY; LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; MASS SPECTROMETRY; NITROGEN; POLLUTANT REMOVAL; RESIN; SULFUR; WASTEWATER;

ARTICLE; CHEMICAL PHENOMENA; CHEMISTRY; DISINFECTION; HALOGENATION; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; METHODOLOGY; MUTAGEN TESTING; SEWAGE;

CHLORINE; DISINFECTION; HALOGENATION; HYDROPHOBIC AND HYDROPHILIC INTERACTIONS; MUTAGENICITY TESTS; MUTAGENS; SULFATES; TRYPTOPHAN; WASTE DISPOSAL, FLUID;

EID: 84855287289     PISSN: 09441344     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11356-011-0535-z     Document Type: Article

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