Assessing the effects of tertiary treated wastewater reuse on the presence emerging contaminants in a Mediterranean river (Llobregat, NE Spain)

Environmental Science and Pollution Research

Volumn 19, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 1000-1012

  López Serna, Rebeca ^a   Postigo, Cristina ^a   Blanco, Juan ^a   Pérez, Sandra ^a   Ginebreda, Antoni ^a   de Alda, Miren López ^a   Petrović, Mira ^a,c   Munné, Antoni ^d   Barcelo D ^a,b,e  

^a INSTITUTE OF ENVIRONMENTAL ASSESSMENT AND WATER RESEARCH   (Spain)

^b CATALAN INSTITUTE FOR WATER RESEARCH ICRA   (Spain)

^c INSTITUCIÓ CATALANA DE RECERCA I ESTUDIS AVANÇATS ICREA   (Spain)

^d Catalan Water Agency   (Spain)

^e KING SAUD UNIVERSITY   (Saudi Arabia)

Author keywords

Emerging contaminants; Hazard quotients; Illicit drugs; LC MS; Llobregat River; Mass balances; Oestrogenic equivalents; Oestrogens; Pharmaceutical; Reclaimed water; Risk assessment; Wastewater treatment

Indexed keywords

DRINKING WATER; DRUG; ESTROGEN; STREET DRUG;

ALGA; CHEMICAL POLLUTANT; DRINKING WATER; DROUGHT; DRUG; ECOTOXICOLOGY; ESTROGENIC COMPOUND; FLOW PATTERN; MASS BALANCE; POLLUTION EFFECT; RECYCLING; RISK ASSESSMENT; RIVER POLLUTION; SPATIOTEMPORAL ANALYSIS; WASTE TREATMENT; WASTEWATER; WATER QUALITY;

ARTICLE; CHEMICAL MODEL; CHEMISTRY; LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; METHODOLOGY; RISK ASSESSMENT; RIVER; SEWAGE; SOLID PHASE EXTRACTION; SPAIN; TANDEM MASS SPECTROMETRY; WATER FLOW; WATER POLLUTANT; WATER QUALITY;

CHROMATOGRAPHY, LIQUID; DRINKING WATER; ESTROGENS; MODELS, CHEMICAL; PHARMACEUTICAL PREPARATIONS; RISK ASSESSMENT; RIVERS; SOLID PHASE EXTRACTION; SPAIN; STREET DRUGS; TANDEM MASS SPECTROMETRY; WASTE DISPOSAL, FLUID; WATER MOVEMENTS; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL; WATER QUALITY;

CATALONIA; LLOBREGAT BASIN; LLOBREGAT RIVER; SPAIN;

ALGAE;

EID: 84860508717     PISSN: 09441344     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11356-011-0596-z     Document Type: Article

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