Ozone and biofiltration as an alternative to reverse osmosis for removing PPCPs and micropollutants from treated wastewater

Water Research

Volumn 46, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 1005-1014

  Lee, Carson O ^a,b   Howe, Kerry J ^a   Thomson, Bruce M ^a  

^a University of New Mexico   (United States)

^b TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF DENMARK   (Denmark)

Author keywords

BDOC; Biofiltration; Micropollutant removal; Ozone; PPCP removal; Reverse osmosis

Indexed keywords

BIOFILTERS; BIOFILTRATION; CHEMICALS REMOVAL (WATER TREATMENT); EFFLUENT TREATMENT; ENERGY UTILIZATION; ORGANIC CARBON; OZONE; OZONE WATER TREATMENT; OZONIZATION; REVERSE OSMOSIS; STREAM FLOW; WASTEWATER TREATMENT;

BDOC; BIODEGRADABLE DISSOLVED ORGANIC CARBON; DISSOLVED ORGANIC CARBON; MICROPOLLUTANT REMOVALS; OXIDATION PRODUCTS; PHARMACEUTICALS AND PERSONAL CARE PRODUCTS; PPCP REMOVALS; TREATED WASTEWATER;

EFFLUENTS;

ORGANIC CARBON; OZONE;

ABSORBANCE; BIOFILTRATION; DRUG; OSMOSIS; OZONE; POLLUTANT REMOVAL; WASTE TREATMENT; WASTEWATER;

ARTICLE; BIOFILTRATION; EFFLUENT; ENERGY CONSUMPTION; OXIDATION; OZONATION; POLLUTANT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVERSE OSMOSIS; WASTE COMPONENT REMOVAL; WASTE WATER; WATER SUPPLY;

EID: 84856085655     PISSN: 00431354     EISSN: 18792448     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.watres.2011.11.069     Document Type: Article

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