Occurrence and behavior of pesticides in wastewater treatment plants and their environmental impact

Science of the Total Environment

Volumn 458-460, Issue , 2013, Pages 466-476

  Köck Schulmeyer, Marianne ^a   Villagrasa, Marta ^b   López de Alda, Miren ^a   Céspedes Sánchez, Raquel ^c   Ventura, Francesc ^c   Barceló, Damià ^a,b  

^a INSTITUTE OF ENVIRONMENTAL ASSESSMENT AND WATER RESEARCH   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GIRONA   (Spain)

^c AGBAR   (Spain)

Author keywords

LC MS MS; Pesticides; Risk assessment; Wastewater treatment; Water analysis

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY AND PRECISION; AQUATIC MICRO-ORGANISMS; ATMOSPHERIC DEPOSITIONS; LC-MS/MS; LIMITS OF DETECTION; SAMPLE PRESERVATION; TRANSFORMATION PRODUCTS; WASTEWATER TREATMENT PLANTS;

AQUATIC ORGANISMS; EFFLUENTS; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; HERBICIDES; ISOTOPES; LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; MASS SPECTROMETRY; METEOROLOGICAL PROBLEMS; PESTICIDES; RECLAMATION; SEWAGE PUMPING PLANTS; TOXICITY; UREA; WASTEWATER TREATMENT; WATER ANALYSIS; WATER TREATMENT PLANTS;

RISK ASSESSMENT;

2 (4 CHLORO 2 METHYLPHENOXY)ACETIC ACID; 2 AMINO 4 CHLORO 6 ETHYLAMINO 1,3,5 TRIAZINE; ALACHLOR; ATRAZINE; BENTAZON; CHLORTOLURON; CYANAZINE; DEETHYLATRAZINE; DIMETHOATE; DIMPYLATE; DIURON; FENITROTHION; ISOPROTURON; LINURON; MALATHION; MECOPROP; METOLACHLOR; MOLINATE; PESTICIDE; PROPANIL; SIMAZINE; TERBUTYLAZINE;

ACCURACY ASSESSMENT; DETECTION METHOD; EFFLUENT; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; MASS SPECTROMETRY; PESTICIDE; PRECISION; RISK ASSESSMENT; TOXICITY TEST; WASTE FACILITY; WASTEWATER; WATER TREATMENT;

ALGA; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DAPHNIA; DESORPTION; EFFLUENT; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; FISH; HYDROLYSIS; LIMIT OF DETECTION; LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROCESS OPTIMIZATION; SOLID PHASE EXTRACTION; TANDEM MASS SPECTROMETRY; TOXICITY TESTING; WASTE COMPONENT REMOVAL; WASTE WATER MANAGEMENT;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; CHROMATOGRAPHY, HIGH PRESSURE LIQUID; DIAZINON; DIURON; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; PESTICIDES; SPAIN; TANDEM MASS SPECTROMETRY; WASTE WATER; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL; WATER PURIFICATION;

ALGAE; DAPHNIA;

EID: 84878400381     PISSN: 00489697     EISSN: 18791026     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2013.04.010     Document Type: Article

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