Variability of trace organic chemical concentrations in raw wastewater at three distinct sewershed scales

Water Research

Volumn 46, Issue 10, 2012, Pages 3261-3271

  Teerlink, Jennifer ^a   Hering, Amanda S ^a   Higgins, Christopher P ^a   Drewes, Jörg E ^a  

^a Department of Geology and Geological Engineering   (United States)

Author keywords

Distributed systems; Occurrence; Trace organic chemicals (TOrCs); Variability; Wastewater

Indexed keywords

INDUSTRIAL CHEMICALS; LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; MASS SPECTROMETRY; ORGANIC CHEMICALS; WASTEWATER TREATMENT; WATER QUALITY;

DETECTION FREQUENCY; DISTRIBUTED SYSTEMS; LINEAR RELATIONSHIPS; OCCURRENCE; RAW WASTEWATERS; SEWERSHEDS; SITE-SPECIFIC; TRACE ORGANIC CHEMICAL; TRACE ORGANIC CHEMICALS; VARIABILITY;

CATCHMENTS;

CATCHMENT; CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); DISPERSION; MIXING; ORGANIC COMPOUND; ORGANOCHLORINE; SEWER NETWORK; SPATIAL VARIATION; STABLE ISOTOPE; WASTE FACILITY; WASTEWATER; WATER QUALITY;

ARTICLE; CATCHMENT; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; ISOTOPE DILUTION ASSAY; LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; ORGANIC POLLUTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEWER; STATISTICAL MODEL; TANDEM MASS SPECTROMETRY; WASTE WATER; WASTE WATER MANAGEMENT; WATER ANALYSIS; WATER QUALITY;

BOULDER; COLORADO; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84861187466     PISSN: 00431354     EISSN: 18792448     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.watres.2012.03.018     Document Type: Article

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