Removal of 17-β estradiol from wastewater: Comparison between a laboratory scale conventional activated sludge and a membrane bioreactor

Desalination and Water Treatment

Volumn 51, Issue 10-12, 2013, Pages 2336-2342

  Lopez Fernandez R ^a   Tavares, F V F ^a   Gomez M ^a   Irusta, R ^b   Le Clech, P ^c  

^a Centro de Automatizacion Robotica y Tecnologias de La Informacion y de La Fabricacion   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF VALLADOLID   (Spain)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

Author keywords

17 estradiol; Conventional activated sludge; Membrane bioreactor; Sludge retention time; Statistics

Indexed keywords

EID: 84875763182     PISSN: 19443994     EISSN: 19443986     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/19443994.2013.734583     Document Type: Article

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