Recycled water for stream flow augmentation: Benefits, challenges, and the presence of wastewater-derived organic compounds

Science of the Total Environment

Volumn 438, Issue , 2012, Pages 541-548

  Plumlee, Megan H ^a   Gurr, Christopher J ^b   Reinhard, Martin ^c  

^a KENNEDY JENKS CONSULTANTS   (United States)

^b CDM SMITH   (United States)

^c Stanford University   (United States)

Author keywords

Enhancement; Environmental reuse; PFOA; PFOS; Review

Indexed keywords

ADDITIONAL TREATMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL REUSE; PFOA; PFOS; POTENTIAL ECOLOGICAL RISK; PROJECT GOALS; PUBLIC ACCEPTANCE; RECYCLED WATER; RECYCLED WATER QUALITY; STREAM ECOSYSTEMS; STREAM HABITATS; TRACE AMOUNTS; WASTEWATER DISCHARGE; WATER AGENCIES; WATER QUALITY EVALUATION; WATER SYSTEM;

ECOSYSTEMS; IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; POTABLE WATER; REGULATORY COMPLIANCE; REVIEWS; STREAM FLOW; WATER QUALITY; WATER SUPPLY;

WATER RECYCLING;

ALKYLPHENOLPOLYETHOXYLATE METABOLITE; ARSENIC; CAFFEINE; DIMETHYLNITROSAMINE; DRINKING WATER; DRUG; ENDOCRINE DISRUPTOR; GROUND WATER; HALOACETIC ACID; N BUTYLBENZENESULFONAMIDE; N ETHYLPERFLUOROOCTANESULFONAMIDOACETATE; ORGANIC COMPOUND; ORGANIC WASTEWATER DERIVED COMPOUND; OXADIAZON; PERFLUORO COMPOUND; PERFLUORODECANESULFONATE; PERFLUORODECANOATE; PERFLUOROHEPTANOATE; PERFLUOROHEXANESULFONATE; PERFLUORONONOATE; PERFLUOROOCTANESULFONAMIDE; PERFLUOROOCTANESULFONIC ACID; PERFLUOROOCTANOIC ACID; RECYCLED WATER; TRIHALOMETHANE; TRIS(2,3 DICHLOROPROPYL)PHOSPHATE; TRIS(3 CHLOROPROPYL)PHOSPHATE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; VOLATILE ORGANIC COMPOUND; WATER;

ORGANIC COMPOUND; RECYCLING; STREAMFLOW; WASTEWATER; WATER MANAGEMENT; WATER QUALITY; WATER TREATMENT;

BENTHOS; DECHLORINATION; ECOTOXICITY; ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; ENVIRONMENTAL PLANNING; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FECAL COLIFORM; GOVERNMENT REGULATION; MOTIVATION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RELIABILITY; REVIEW; RISK; SEWAGE DISPOSAL; SEWER OUTFALL; STREAM (RIVER); STREAM FLOW AUGMENTATION; URBAN AREA; WASTE WATER MANAGEMENT; WASTE WATER RECYCLING; WASTE WATER TREATMENT PLANT; WATER ANALYSIS; WATER CONTAMINATION; WATER QUALITY; WATER SUPPLY; WATER TEMPERATURE;

CALIFORNIA; CONSERVATION OF NATURAL RESOURCES; ORGANIC CHEMICALS; RECYCLING; RIVERS; WASTE WATER; WATER MOVEMENTS; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL;

EID: 84866876203     PISSN: 00489697     EISSN: 18791026     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2012.08.062     Document Type: Review

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