A state-wide survey in Oregon (USA) of trace metals and organic chemicals in municipal effluent

Science of the Total Environment

Volumn 417-418, Issue , 2012, Pages 263-272

  Hope, Bruce K ^a   Pillsbury, Lori ^b   Boling, Brian ^b  

^a Oregon Department Environmental Quality   (United States)

^b Oregon Department of Environmental Quality   (United States)

Author keywords

Methylmercury; Municipal effluent; PBDE; Pesticides; Wastewater

Indexed keywords

AQUATIC ECOSYSTEM; COPROSTANOL; DIOXINS/FURANS; FLOW CONDITION; GEOGRAPHIC AREAS; HIGH LOADINGS; LOW CONCENTRATIONS; METHYL MERCURY; MUNICIPAL EFFLUENT; MUNICIPAL EFFLUENTS; MUNICIPAL WASTEWATER TREATMENT PLANTS; PBDE; PERSISTENT ORGANIC POLLUTANTS; PHENOL DEGRADATION; POLYBROMINATED DIPHENYL ETHERS; POLYCHLORINATED NAPHTHALENES; POPULATION SIZES; POTENTIAL IMPACTS; RECEIVING WATERS; SENATE BILLS; TRACE METAL; WASHINGTON;

BENZENE; DEGRADATION; ECOSYSTEMS; MERCURY COMPOUNDS; NAPHTHALENE; ORGANIC CHEMICALS; ORGANIC POLLUTANTS; PESTICIDES; PHENOLS; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYLS; POPULATION STATISTICS; SEWAGE TREATMENT; SORPTION; WASTEWATER; WATER POLLUTION CONTROL;

EFFLUENTS;

CHOLESTEROL; COPROSTEROL; DIOXIN; FURAN DERIVATIVE; METHYLMERCURY; ORGANIC COMPOUND; POLYBROMINATED DIPHENYL ETHER; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYL; POLYCHLORINATED NAPHTHALENE; TRACE METAL;

CHEMICAL POLLUTANT; DIOXIN; ECOSYSTEM RESPONSE; EFFLUENT; METHYLMERCURY; ORGANIC POLLUTANT; PCB; POLLUTION CONTROL; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; SLUDGE; SORPTION; TRACE METAL; WASTEWATER;

ARTICLE; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONTROLLED STUDY; EFFLUENT; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY; POLLUTION MONITORING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEASONAL VARIATION; SEWAGE TREATMENT; UNITED STATES; WASTE WATER TREATMENT PLANT; WATER ANALYSIS; WATER POLLUTION; WATER QUALITY; WATER SAMPLING;

CHOLESTANOL; CHOLESTEROL; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; OREGON; ORGANIC CHEMICALS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; TRACE ELEMENTS; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL; WATER SUPPLY;

OREGON; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84857031986     PISSN: 00489697     EISSN: 18791026     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2011.12.028     Document Type: Article

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