Parameters affecting the occurrence and removal of polybrominated diphenyl ethers in twenty Canadian wastewater treatment plants

Water Research

Volumn 47, Issue 7, 2013, Pages 2213-2221

  Kim, M ^a   Guerra, P ^a   Theocharides, M ^a   Barclay, K ^a   Smyth, S A ^a   Alaee, M ^a  

^a ENVIRONMENT CANADA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Lagoon; Operational conditions; Polybrominated diphenyl ethers; Secondary treatment; Sewage; Wastewater treatment

Indexed keywords

BIOREMEDIATION; CHEMICAL OXYGEN DEMAND; EFFLUENT TREATMENT; EFFLUENTS; ETHERS; LAKES; ORGANIC POLLUTANTS; SEWAGE; SEWAGE LAGOONS;

HYDRAULIC RETENTION TIME; LAGOON; MIXED LIQUOR SUSPENDED SOLIDS; OPERATIONAL CONDITIONS; POLYBROMINATED DIPHENYL ETHER (PBDES); SECONDARY BIOLOGICAL TREATMENTS; SECONDARY TREATMENT; WASTEWATER TREATMENT PLANTS;

WASTEWATER TREATMENT;

POLYBROMINATED DIPHENYL ETHER;

CHEMICAL OXYGEN DEMAND; EFFLUENT; INDUSTRIAL WASTE; PBDE; POLLUTANT REMOVAL; SEWAGE; WATER TREATMENT;

ARTICLE; CHEMICAL OXYGEN DEMAND; COMMUNITY; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONTROLLED STUDY; EFFLUENT; LAGOON; LEACHING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEASONAL VARIATION; SOLID; SUMMER; TEMPERATURE; WASTE COMPONENT REMOVAL; WASTE WATER; WASTE WATER TREATMENT PLANT;

EID: 84875629388     PISSN: 00431354     EISSN: 18792448     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.watres.2013.01.031     Document Type: Article

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