Organic trace pollutants in the aquatic environment - Regulatory and technical problem-solving approaches in Germany and China

Water Science and Technology

Volumn 66, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 942-952

  Koester, Stephan ^a   Beier, Silvio ^a   Zhao, Fang Fang ^b   Sui, Qian ^c   Yu, Gang ^d   Pinnekamp, Johannes ^b  

^a HAMBURG UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Germany)

^b RWTH AACHEN UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^c EAST CHINA UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (China)

^d TSINGHUA UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

China; Germany; Organic trace pollutants; Pharmaceutical residues; Wastewater treatment

Indexed keywords

AQUATIC ENVIRONMENTS; CHINA; ENVIRONMENTAL PROBLEMS; FULL-SCALE APPLICATIONS; GERMANY; KEY TECHNOLOGIES; MEMBRANE BIOREACTOR; PHARMACEUTICAL RESIDUES; RESEARCH ACTIVITIES; TRACE POLLUTANT; URBAN WATERS; WASTEWATER TREATMENT CAPACITY;

ENVIRONMENTAL ENGINEERING; WASTEWATER TREATMENT; WATER;

TECHNOLOGY;

AQUATIC ENVIRONMENT; BIOREACTOR; DRUG; MEMBRANE; ORGANIC POLLUTANT; POLLUTANT REMOVAL; TRACE ELEMENT; WASTEWATER; WATER TREATMENT;

AQUATIC ENVIRONMENT; CHINA; GERMANY; ORGANIC TRACE POLLUTANT; PROBLEM SOLVING; REVIEW; WATER CYCLE; WATER POLLUTANT;

CHINA; ECOSYSTEM; GERMANY; PHARMACEUTICAL PREPARATIONS; SURFACE-ACTIVE AGENTS; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL; WATER POLLUTION, CHEMICAL;

CHINA; GERMANY;

EID: 84864400475     PISSN: 02731223     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2166/wst.2012.266     Document Type: Review

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