Assessing an intermittently operated household scale slow sand filter paired with household bleach for the removal of endocrine disrupting compounds

Journal of Environmental Science and Health - Part A Toxic/Hazardous Substances and Environmental Engineering

Volumn 48, Issue 7, 2013, Pages 753-759

  Kennedy, Timothy J ^a   Anderson, Todd A ^b   Annette Hernandez, E ^a   Morse, Audra N ^a  

^a Texas Tech University   (United States)

^b TEXAS TECH UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

biosand filter (BSF); developing world; Endocrine disrupting compounds (EDCs); estrogen; slow sand filtration (SSF).

Indexed keywords

BIOSAND FILTER; DEVELOPING WORLD; ENDOCRINE DISRUPTING COMPOUND; ESTROGEN; SLOW SAND FILTRATION;

BLEACHING; CLEANING; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; EFFLUENTS; WATER QUALITY;

CHLORINE COMPOUNDS;

DRINKING WATER; ENDOCRINE DISRUPTOR; ESTRIOL; ESTRONE; ETHINYLESTRADIOL; HYPOCHLORITE SODIUM; LAKE WATER;

ARTICLE; BIOSAND FILTER; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); DEVELOPING COUNTRY; EFFLUENT; FILTER; HAZARD ASSESSMENT; LITERATURE; SLOW SAND FILTER; WASTE COMPONENT REMOVAL; WASTE WATER MANAGEMENT; WATER QUALITY;

CHROMATOGRAPHY, HIGH PRESSURE LIQUID; DRINKING WATER; ENDOCRINE DISRUPTORS; ESTRIOL; ESTRONE; FILTRATION; SILICON DIOXIDE; SODIUM HYPOCHLORITE; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL; WATER PURIFICATION;

EID: 84876399135     PISSN: 10934529     EISSN: 15324117     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10934529.2013.744616     Document Type: Article

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