Ecotoxicity evaluation and removal of sulfonamides and their acetylated metabolites during conventional wastewater treatment

Science of the Total Environment

Volumn 437, Issue , 2012, Pages 403-412

  García Galán, María Jesús ^a   González Blanco, Susana ^b   López Roldán, Ramón ^c   Díaz Cruz, Silvia ^a   Barceló, Damiá ^a,c,d  

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

^b Water Technology Center ^*  (Spain)

^c UNIVERSITY OF GIRONA   (Spain)

^d KING SAUD UNIVERSITY   (Saudi Arabia)

Author keywords

EC50; Environmental risk assessment; Metabolites; Removal efficiencies; Sulfonamides; Wastewater

Indexed keywords

ANALYTICAL METHOD; AQUATIC ORGANISMS; CATALONIA; ECOTOXICITY; ECOTOXICITY EVALUATION; ENVIRONMENTAL RISK ASSESSMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL RISKS; HALF LIVES; HYDRAULIC RETENTION TIME; INHIBITION ASSAYS; REMOVAL EFFICIENCIES; REMOVAL RATE; SOLID-PHASE; SPE-LC-MS; SULFAMETHOXAZOLE; SULFAPYRIDINE; SULFONAMIDES; TREATED WASTEWATER; WASTEWATER TREATMENT PLANTS;

WASTEWATER;

METABOLITES;

SULFAMETHOXAZOLE; SULFAPYRIDINE; SULFONAMIDE;

BIOLUMINESCENCE; ECOTOXICOLOGY; ENVIRONMENTAL RISK; METABOLITE; RESIDENCE TIME; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEWAGE; SLUDGE; TOXICITY; WASTE TREATMENT; WASTEWATER;

ACETYLATION; ARTICLE; BIOLUMINESCENCE; ECOTOXICITY; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROCESS DEVELOPMENT; RISK ASSESSMENT; SLUDGE; SOLID PHASE EXTRACTION; SPAIN; TANDEM MASS SPECTROMETRY; TOXICITY TESTING; WASTE COMPONENT REMOVAL; WASTE WATER MANAGEMENT;

ACETYLATION; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; CYANOBACTERIA; ECOTOXICOLOGY; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY-MASS SPECTROMETRY; RISK; SOLID PHASE EXTRACTION; SPAIN; SULFONAMIDES; TANDEM MASS SPECTROMETRY; WASTE WATER; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL; WATER PURIFICATION;

CATALONIA; SPAIN;

ALGAE;

EID: 84865832314     PISSN: 00489697     EISSN: 18791026     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2012.08.038     Document Type: Article

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