PAHs in wastewater: Removal efficiency in a conventional wastewater treatment plant and comparison with model predictions

Environmental Technology

Volumn 33, Issue 8, 2012, Pages 851-855

  Torretta, Vincenzo ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF INSUBRIA   (Italy)

Author keywords

modelling; PAHs; removal; wastewater; wastewater treatment plant

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL MEMBRANES; CYTOLOGY; EFFLUENTS; FORECASTING; REMOVAL; SEWAGE; SEWAGE PUMPING PLANTS; WASTEWATER; WATER TREATMENT PLANTS;

FATE MODEL; GENETIC MATERIALS; GENOTOXICITIES; HAZARDOUS COMPOUNDS; LIPOPHILICITY; MODEL PREDICTION; MODELLING; MUNICIPAL WASTEWATERS; PAHS; POLYCYCLIC AROMATIC HYDROCARBONS(PAHS); REMOVAL EFFICIENCIES; SEWAGE SYSTEM; WASTEWATER TREATMENT PLANTS; WWTP EFFLUENT;

POLYCYCLIC AROMATIC HYDROCARBONS;

POLYCYCLIC AROMATIC HYDROCARBON;

ANALYTICAL FRAMEWORK; CANCER; EFFLUENT; GENOTOXICITY; HAZARDOUS WASTE; MEMBRANE; PAH; POLLUTANT REMOVAL; SEWAGE; WATER TREATMENT;

ARTICLE; EFFLUENT; FATE AND TREATABILITY ESTIMATOR MODEL; GENOTOXICITY; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; WASTE WATER; WASTE WATER TREATMENT PLANT;

TOUCHARDIA LATIFOLIA;

EID: 84860487256     PISSN: 09593330     EISSN: 1479487X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09593330.2011.599430     Document Type: Article

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