Identification of relevant micropollutants in Austrian municipal wastewater and their behaviour during wastewater treatment

Chemosphere

Volumn 87, Issue 11, 2012, Pages 1265-1272

  Clara, M ^a   Windhofer, G ^a   Weilgony, P ^b   Gans, O ^a   Denner, M ^a   Chovanec, A ^a   Zessner, M ^c  

^a ENVIRONMENT AGENCY AUSTRIA   (Austria)

^b Institute for Organic Agriculture and Biodiversity   (Austria)

^c VIENNA UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Austria)

Author keywords

Emission factors; Fate; Micropollutants; Municipal wastewater; Occurrence; Priority substances

Indexed keywords

EFFLUENTS; ETHYLENEDIAMINETETRAACETIC ACID; HERBICIDES; ORGANIC POLLUTANTS; RECLAMATION; SURFACE DISCHARGES; SURFACE WATERS; UREA; WASTEWATER TREATMENT;

EMISSION FACTORS; FATE; MICROPOLLUTANTS; MUNICIPAL WASTEWATERS; OCCURRENCE; PRIORITY SUBSTANCES;

RIVER POLLUTION;

ADSORBABLE ORGANIC HALOGEN; CADMIUM; COPPER; DI(ETHYL HYDROXYL)PHTHALATE; DIURON; EDETIC ACID; HALOGEN; NICKEL; NITRILOTRIACETIC ACID; NONYLPHENOL; PHTHALIC ACID; POLYBROMINATED DIPHENYL ETHER; SELENIUM; SURFACE WATER; TRIBUTYLTIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; XENOBIOTIC AGENT; ZINC;

DISCHARGE; DOMESTIC WASTE; EDTA; ENVIRONMENTAL FATE; ENVIRONMENTAL LEGISLATION; HEAVY METAL; ORGANOHALOGEN; PBDE; PHENOLIC COMPOUND; PHTHALATE; POLLUTANT REMOVAL; RIVER POLLUTION; STANDARD (REGULATION); SURFACE WATER; TRIBUTYLTIN; WASTE FACILITY; WASTE TREATMENT; WASTEWATER; WATER POLLUTION;

ARTICLE; AUSTRIA; EFFLUENT; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; POLLUTANT; WASTE WATER; WASTE WATER TREATMENT PLANT; WATER POLLUTION; WATER STANDARD;

AUSTRIA;

EID: 84859506387     PISSN: 00456535     EISSN: 18791298     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.chemosphere.2012.01.033     Document Type: Article

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