Enhancement of Micropollutant Degradation at the Outlet of Small Wastewater Treatment Plants

PLoS ONE

Volumn 8, Issue 3, 2013, Pages

  Rossi, Luca ^a   Queloz, Pierre ^a   Brovelli, Alessandro ^a   Margot, Jonas ^a   Barry, D A ^a  

^a EPFL   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACTIVATED CARBON; BENZOTRIAZOLE; CARBAMAZEPINE; DICLOFENAC; MECOPROP; SULFAMETHOXAZOLE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ADSORPTION KINETICS; ARTICLE; BIOREMEDIATION; CHEMICAL INTERACTION; CHEMICAL REACTION; CONSTRUCTED WETLAND; ELIMINATION REACTION; ENERGY CONSUMPTION; ENGINEERING AND TECHNOLOGY; ENVIRONMENTAL SANITATION; FILTER; MICROPOLLUTANT DEGRADATION; OZONATION; PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY; PROCESS DEVELOPMENT; SOLID; ULTRAVIOLET DEGRADATION; WASTE COMPONENT REMOVAL; WASTE WATER TREATMENT PLANT; WATER POLLUTANT;

2-METHYL-4-CHLOROPHENOXYACETIC ACID; ABSORPTION; CARBAMAZEPINE; DICLOFENAC; FILTRATION; SILICON DIOXIDE; SULFAMETHOXAZOLE; TRIAZOLES; ULTRAVIOLET RAYS; WASTE DISPOSAL, FLUID; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL; WATER PURIFICATION; WETLANDS;

EID: 84874592116     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0058864     Document Type: Article

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