Removal of trace organic micropollutants by drinking water biological filters

Environmental Science and Technology

Volumn 46, Issue 17, 2012, Pages 9412-9419

  Zearley, Thomas L ^a   Summers, R Scott ^a  

^a UCB 450   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADSORBABILITIES; BIOLOGICAL FILTERS; CONTACT TIME; DETECTION LIMITS; ENDOCRINE DISRUPTING CHEMICALS; FIRST ORDER KINETICS; FULL-SCALE PLANTS; MICROPOLLUTANTS; NO REMOVAL; ORGANIC MICROPOLLUTANTS; PERSONAL CARE PRODUCTS; PSEUDO-FIRST-ORDER; RATE MODELS; SAND MEDIA; STEADY STATE; TRACE ORGANIC CONTAMINANTS;

BIODEGRADATION; BIOFILTERS; BIOFILTRATION; RATE CONSTANTS;

REMOVAL;

ACETOCHLOR; ALDICARB; ATRAZINE; CAFFEINE; CARBAMAZEPINE; CARBARIL; CHLORPYRIFOS; CLOFIBRIC ACID; COTININE; DICLOFENAC; DIMETHOATE; DIMPYLATE; DIURON; DRINKING WATER; ERYTHROMYCIN; GEMFIBROZIL; IBUPROFEN; MALAOXON; METHOMYL; METOLACHLOR; MOLINATE; NAPROXEN; PARACETAMOL; PROMETON; SIMAZINE; SULFAMETHOXAZOLE; TRICLOSAN; TRIMETHOPRIM; WARFARIN;

ADSORPTION; BIODEGRADATION; BIOFILTRATION; DETECTION METHOD; DRINKING WATER; ENDOCRINE DISRUPTOR; FILTER; NUMERICAL MODEL; ORGANIC POLLUTANT; POLLUTANT REMOVAL; REACTION KINETICS; REACTION RATE; SAND; STEADY-STATE EQUILIBRIUM;

ARTICLE; BIOFILTER; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; EFFLUENT; HIGH PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; POLLUTANT; TOTAL ORGANIC CARBON; WATER POLLUTION;

DRINKING WATER; FILTRATION; LIMIT OF DETECTION; MODELS, CHEMICAL; ORGANIC CHEMICALS; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL; WATER PURIFICATION;

EID: 84865764423     PISSN: 0013936X     EISSN: 15205851     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/es301428e     Document Type: Article

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