Occurrence and removal of pharmaceutical and hormone contaminants in rural wastewater treatment lagoons

Science of the Total Environment

Volumn 445-446, Issue , 2013, Pages 22-28

  Li, Xiaolin ^a,b   Zheng, Wei ^b   Kelly, Walton R ^c  

^a XIAMEN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

^c ILLINOIS STATE WATER SURVEY   (United States)

Author keywords

Aerated lagoon; Pharmaceuticals and personal care products; Rural community; Steroid hormones; Wastewater treatment

Indexed keywords

AERATED LAGOONS; AVERAGE AIR TEMPERATURE; CARBAMAZEPINE; DOMESTIC WASTEWATER; EMERGING CONTAMINANT; ORDERS OF MAGNITUDE; PHARMACEUTICALS AND PERSONAL CARE PRODUCTS; POTENTIAL TRANSFER; PRIMARY OBJECTIVE; REMOVAL EFFICIENCIES; REMOVAL RATE; RURAL COMMUNITY; STEROID HORMONE; TEMPORAL VARIABILITY; TREATMENT PROCESS; WASTEWATER TREATMENT PLANTS; WATER SAMPLES;

AMIDES; ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE; CONTAMINATION; EFFLUENTS; HORMONES; LAKES; LANDFORMS; RIVER POLLUTION; SEWAGE TREATMENT; WASTEWATER TREATMENT; WATERSHEDS;

SEWAGE LAGOONS;

17ALPHA ESTRADIOL; CAFFEINE; CARBAMAZEPINE; DIPHENHYDRAMINE; ERYTHROMYCIN; ESTRADIOL; ESTRIOL; ESTRONE; ESTRONE SULFATE; ETHINYLESTRADIOL; FLORFENICOL; FLUOXETINE; GEMFIBROZIL; HORMONE; IBUPROFEN; NAPROXEN; STEROID HORMONE; SULFADIMIDINE; SULFAMETHOXAZOLE; TRICLOCARBAN; TRICLOSAN; TRIMETHOPRIM;

CHEMICAL POLLUTANT; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); DRUG; HORMONE; LAGOON; POLLUTANT REMOVAL; RURAL AREA; SEWAGE TREATMENT; WASTEWATER; WATERSHED;

AIR TEMPERATURE; ARTICLE; DOMESTIC WASTE; DRUG CONTAMINATION; EFFLUENT; LAGOON; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RURAL AREA; SEWAGE EFFLUENT; SEWAGE TREATMENT; SOLID PHASE EXTRACTION; UNITED STATES; WASTE COMPONENT REMOVAL; WASTE WATER MANAGEMENT; WASTE WATER TREATMENT PLANT; WATER CONTAMINATION; WATER SAMPLING; WATERSHED;

ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; HORMONES; ILLINOIS; MASS SPECTROMETRY; PHARMACEUTICAL PREPARATIONS; RIVERS; SEASONS; SEWAGE; WASTE WATER; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL; WATER POLLUTION, CHEMICAL; WATER PURIFICATION;

EID: 84872423709     PISSN: 00489697     EISSN: 18791026     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2012.12.035     Document Type: Article

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