Substance flow analysis of mercury affecting water quality in the European Union

Water, Air, and Soil Pollution

Volumn 223, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 429-442

  Sundseth, Kyrre ^a   Pacyna, Jozef M ^a,b   Pacyna, Elisabeth G ^a   Panasiuk, Damian ^c  

^a NORWEGIAN INSTITUTE FOR AIR RESEARCH   (Norway)

^b GDANSK UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Poland)

^c NILU Polska   (Poland)

Author keywords

Decision support; Emission factors; Emission sources; Material flow analysis (MFA); Mercury (Hg); Priority substance (PS); Substance flow analysis (SFA); Water Framework Directive (WFD)

Indexed keywords

DECISION SUPPORTS; EMISSION FACTORS; EMISSION SOURCES; MATERIAL FLOW ANALYSIS (MFA); PRIORITY SUBSTANCE (PS); SUBSTANCE FLOW ANALYSIS; WATER FRAMEWORK DIRECTIVE (WFD);

DECISION SUPPORT SYSTEMS; EFFLUENTS; INDUSTRIAL EMISSIONS; INDUSTRIAL WATER TREATMENT; MERCURY (METAL); TRACE ANALYSIS; WASTE INCINERATION; WASTEWATER; WASTEWATER TREATMENT; WATER CONSERVATION; WATER QUALITY;

QUALITY CONTROL;

MERCURY;

CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); DECISION SUPPORT SYSTEM; EMISSION; ENVIRONMENTAL FATE; EUROPEAN UNION; MERCURY (ELEMENT); TREND ANALYSIS; WATER MANAGEMENT; WATER QUALITY;

ARTICLE; ATMOSPHERIC DISPERSION; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONTROL STRATEGY; FLOW MEASUREMENT; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; POLLUTION MONITORING; TREND STUDY; WASTE DISPOSAL; WATER FLOW; WATER QUALITY;

EID: 84856548561     PISSN: 00496979     EISSN: 15732932     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11270-011-0871-0     Document Type: Article

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