Ozonation and biological activated carbon filtration of wastewater treatment plant effluents

Water Research

Volumn 46, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 863-872

  Reungoat, J ^a   Escher, B I ^a   Macova, M ^a   Argaud, F X ^a   Gernjak, W ^a   Keller, J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

Author keywords

Baselinetoxicity equivalent; Bioassays; Biological activated carbon; Micropollutants; Ozonation; Pharmaceuticals; Reuse

Indexed keywords

ACTIVATED CARBON; ACTIVATED CARBON TREATMENT; BIODEGRADATION; BIOLOGICAL WATER TREATMENT; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; EFFLUENTS; ENDOCRINE DISRUPTERS; MIXTURES; ORGANIC CARBON; ORGANIC CHEMICALS; OZONE; OZONE WATER TREATMENT; SEWAGE PUMPING PLANTS; TOXICITY; WASTEWATER RECLAMATION; WASTEWATER TREATMENT; WATER CONSERVATION; WATER FILTRATION; WATER RECYCLING; WATER TREATMENT PLANTS;

BASELINETOXICITY EQUIVALENT; BIOLOGICAL ACTIVATED CARBON; BIOLOGICAL ACTIVATED CARBON FILTRATION; DISSOLVED ORGANIC CARBON; ESTROGENICITY; MICROPOLLUTANTS; REUSE; TRACE ORGANIC CHEMICALS; TRANSFORMATION PRODUCTS; WASTEWATER TREATMENT PLANT EFFLUENT;

OZONIZATION;

ACTIVATED CARBON; ORGANIC CARBON;

ACTIVATED CARBON; BIOASSAY; BIODEGRADATION; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; EFFLUENT; ESTROGENIC COMPOUND; FILTRATION; ORGANIC POLLUTANT; OXIDATION; OZONE; PHARMACEUTICAL INDUSTRY; POLLUTANT REMOVAL; RECYCLING; TOXICITY; TRANSFORMATION; WASTEWATER; WATER TREATMENT;

ARTICLE; BIODEGRADATION; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; CHEMICAL MODIFICATION; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; FILTRATION; MINERALIZATION; OXIDATION; OZONATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEWAGE EFFLUENT; WASTE WATER MANAGEMENT; WASTE WATER RECYCLING; WASTE WATER TREATMENT PLANT;

EID: 84855323430     PISSN: 00431354     EISSN: 18792448     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.watres.2011.11.064     Document Type: Article

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