Comparative and integrative environmental assessment of advanced wastewater treatment processes based on an average removal of pharmaceuticals

Water Science and Technology

Volumn 67, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 387-394

  Igos, Elorri ^a   Benetto, Enrico ^a   Venditti, Silvia ^a   Köhler, Christian ^a   Cornelissen, Alex ^a  

^a LUXEMBOURG INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Luxembourg)

Author keywords

Eco efficiency; Life Cycle Assessment; Pharmaceuticals; Statistical tests; USEtox; Wastewater treatment

Indexed keywords

ACTIVATED CARBON ADSORPTION; ADVANCED TECHNOLOGY; ADVANCED TREATMENT; DECENTRALIZED TREATMENTS; DIFFERENT TREATMENTS; ECO-EFFICIENCY; ECO-EFFICIENCY INDICATORS; ENVIRONMENTAL ASSESSMENT; LIFE CYCLE ASSESSMENT (LCA); POINT SOURCES; POLLUTANT LOADS; POST TREATMENT; REMOVAL RATE; TREATMENT PLANTS; USETOX; USING LIFE; WASTEWATER TREATMENT PROCESS;

ACTIVATED CARBON; DRUG PRODUCTS; HOSPITALS; LIFE CYCLE; OZONE; OZONIZATION; POLLUTION; RECLAMATION; STATISTICAL TESTS; ULTRAVIOLET RADIATION; WASTEWATER TREATMENT;

ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT;

ATENOLOL; CARBAMAZEPINE; CIPROFLOXACIN; CLARITHROMYCIN; CYCLOPHOSPHAMIDE; DICLOFENAC; DRUG; LIDOCAINE; PARACETAMOL; SULFAMETHOXAZOLE; TRIMETHOPRIM;

ACTIVATED CARBON; ADVANCED TECHNOLOGY; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DECENTRALIZATION; DRUG; LIFE CYCLE ANALYSIS; POINT SOURCE; POLLUTANT REMOVAL; ULTRAVIOLET RADIATION; WASTE TREATMENT; WASTEWATER;

ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; LIFE CYCLE ASSESSMENT; ULTRAVIOLET RADIATION; WASTE WATER MANAGEMENT;

CONFIDENCE INTERVALS; ENVIRONMENT; PHARMACEUTICAL PREPARATIONS; WASTE WATER; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL; WATER PURIFICATION;

EID: 84872265975     PISSN: 02731223     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2166/wst.2012.581     Document Type: Article

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