Removal of micropollutants in municipal wastewater treatment plants by powder-activated carbon

Water Science and Technology

Volumn 66, Issue 10, 2012, Pages 2115-2121

  Boehler, M ^a   Zwickenpflug, B ^a   Hollender, J ^a   Ternes, T ^b   Joss, A ^a   Siegrist, H ^a  

^a SWISS FEDERAL INSTITUTE OF AQUATIC SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Switzerland)

^b BfG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Adsorption; DOC elimination; Flocculation sand filtration; Micropollutant removal; Powder activated carbon

Indexed keywords

AQUATIC ECOSYSTEM; BACKWASH WATER; COUNTER CURRENT; DEEP-BED FILTER; DISSOLVED ORGANIC CARBON; DOC ELIMINATION; ECOTOXICITY; FINE FRACTION; FLOW SCHEMES; FULL-SCALE APPLICATIONS; MICROPOLLUTANTS; MUNICIPAL WASTEWATER TREATMENT PLANTS; MUNICIPAL WASTEWATERS; NUTRIENT REMOVAL; POST TREATMENT; POWDER ACTIVATED CARBON; RECEIVING WATERS; RECYCLING WASTES; REMOVAL EFFICIENCIES; SAFETY OF DRINKING WATER; SAND FILTRATION; SECONDARY EFFLUENT; SORPTION EFFICIENCY; TOTAL SUSPENDED SOLIDS;

ACTIVATED CARBON; ACTIVATED CARBON TREATMENT; ADSORPTION; CLARIFICATION; EFFLUENT TREATMENT; FLOCCULATION; NUTRIENTS; OZONE; OZONE WATER TREATMENT; OZONIZATION; PLANTS (BOTANY); SEWAGE PUMPING PLANTS; TANKS (CONTAINERS); TOXICITY; WASTE TREATMENT; WATER RECYCLING; WATER RESOURCES; WATER TREATMENT PLANTS;

EFFLUENTS;

ACTIVATED CARBON; DRINKING WATER; ORGANIC CARBON;

ACTIVATED CARBON; ADSORPTION; DRINKING WATER; ECOTOXICOLOGY; FILTRATION; FLOCCULATION; MUNICIPAL SOLID WASTE; POLLUTANT REMOVAL; WASTE TREATMENT; WASTEWATER;

ARTICLE; EFFLUENT; OZONATION; RECYCLING; TANK; WASTE COMPONENT REMOVAL; WASTE WATER TREATMENT PLANT;

CARBON; FILTRATION; POWDERS; SILICON DIOXIDE; WASTE DISPOSAL, FLUID; WATER POLLUTANTS; WATER PURIFICATION;

EID: 84870356601     PISSN: 02731223     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2166/wst.2012.353     Document Type: Article

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