Occurrence of perfluorooctane sulfonate (PFOS) and perfluorooctanoate (PFOA) in N.E. Spanish surface waters and their removal in a drinking water treatment plant that combines conventional and advanced treatments in parallel lines

Science of the Total Environment

Volumn 461-462, Issue , 2013, Pages 618-626

  Flores, Cintia ^a   Ventura, Francesc ^a   Martin Alonso, Jordi ^b   Caixach, Josep ^a  

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

^b AGBAR   (Spain)

Author keywords

Advanced treatment; Drinking water treatment plant; LC MS MS; Perfluorooctane sulfonate; Perfluorooctanoate; Reverse osmosis

Indexed keywords

ADVANCED TREATMENT; CONVENTIONAL TREATMENTS; ENVIRONMENTAL COMPARTMENT; GRANULAR ACTIVATED CARBONS; LC-MS/MS; PERFLUORINATED COMPOUNDS; PERFLUOROOCTANE SULFONATES; PERFLUOROOCTANOATE;

ELECTRODIALYSIS; OZONE WATER TREATMENT; OZONIZATION; PILOT PLANTS; POTABLE WATER; REVERSE OSMOSIS; ULTRAFILTRATION; WASTEWATER TREATMENT; WATER TREATMENT PLANTS;

SURFACE WATERS;

DRINKING WATER; PERFLUOROOCTANESULFONIC ACID; PERFLUOROOCTANOIC ACID; SURFACE WATER;

ADVANCED TECHNOLOGY; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); DRINKING WATER; LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; MASS SPECTROMETRY; ORGANIC POLLUTANT; OSMOSIS; POLLUTANT REMOVAL; RIVER WATER; ULTRAFILTRATION; WASTEWATER; WATER TREATMENT;

ARTICLE; CHLORINATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTRODIALYSIS; FILTRATION; FLOCCULATION; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; OZONATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVERSE OSMOSIS; WASTE COMPONENT REMOVAL; WATER ANALYSIS; WATER QUALITY; WATER SAMPLING; WATER TREATMENT;

ADVANCED TREATMENT; DRINKING WATER TREATMENT PLANT; LC-MS/MS; PERFLUOROOCTANE SULFONATE; PERFLUOROOCTANOATE; REVERSE OSMOSIS;

ALKANESULFONIC ACIDS; CAPRYLATES; CHARCOAL; CHROMATOGRAPHY, LIQUID; FILTRATION; FLUOROCARBONS; FRESH WATER; SPAIN; TANDEM MASS SPECTROMETRY; WATER PURIFICATION; WATER SUPPLY;

SPAIN;

EID: 84879244239     PISSN: 00489697     EISSN: 18791026     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2013.05.026     Document Type: Article

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