Modelling micro-pollutant fate in wastewater collection and treatment systems: Status and challenges

Water Science and Technology

Volumn 67, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 1-15

  Plosz B G ^a,i   Benedetti, L ^b,j   Daigger, G T ^c   Langford, K H ⁱ   Larsen, H F ^a   Monteith, H ^d   Ort, C ^e,k   Seth, R ^f   Steyer, J P ^g   Vanrolleghem, P A ^h  

^a TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF DENMARK   (Denmark)

^b GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

^c CH2M HILL   (United States)

^d Hydromantis Environmental Software Solutions Inc   (Canada)

^e UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^f UNIVERSITY OF WINDSOR   (Canada)

^g LABORATOIRE DE BIOTECHNOLOGIE DE L ENVIRONNEMENT   (France)

^h UNIVERSITÉ LAVAL   (Canada)

ⁱ NORWEGIAN INSTITUTE FOR WATER RESEARCH   (Norway)

^j WATERWAYS srl   (Italy)

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

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Author keywords

Biotransformation and cometabolism; Parent chemical retransformation; Risk assessment and regulations; Sorption desorption; Trace chemicals

Indexed keywords

COMETABOLISM; CONTAMINANT REMOVAL; CURRENT STATUS; DECISION MAKERS; EFFLUENT QUALITY; FATE AND TRANSPORT; FATE MODEL; MICROPOLLUTANTS; MODEL-BASED EVALUATION; PARENT CHEMICAL RETRANSFORMATION; POLLUTION DISCHARGES; REGIONAL RISK ASSESSMENT; SORPTION-DESORPTION; TREATMENT SYSTEMS; URBAN AREAS; WASTEWATER COLLECTION;

DESORPTION; INDICATORS (CHEMICAL); RISK ASSESSMENT; WATER QUALITY;

POLLUTION;

ACTIVATED CARBON; POLYCYCLIC AROMATIC HYDROCARBON;

ASSESSMENT METHOD; DECISION MAKING; DIFFUSION; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; NUMERICAL MODEL; POLLUTANT; POLLUTANT REMOVAL; SORPTION; TRACE ELEMENT; WASTEWATER; WATER TREATMENT;

ACTIVATED SLUDGE; ANAEROBIC DIGESTION; ARTICLE; BIOTRANSFORMATION; CHEMICAL OXYGEN DEMAND; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); DESORPTION; EFFLUENT; PH; PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY; RISK ASSESSMENT; SIMULATION; SLUDGE; STEADY STATE; URBAN AREA; WASTE WATER MANAGEMENT; WASTE WATER TREATMENT PLANT; WATER POLLUTANT;

ANAEROBIOSIS; BIOREACTORS; CITIES; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; EUROPEAN UNION; MODELS, THEORETICAL; NORTH AMERICA; RISK ASSESSMENT; WASTE DISPOSAL, FLUID; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL; XENOBIOTICS;

EID: 84873813803     PISSN: 02731223     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2166/wst.2012.562     Document Type: Article

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