Elimination of micropollutants during post-treatment of hospital wastewater with powdered activated carbon, ozone, and UV

Environmental Science and Technology

Volumn 47, Issue 14, 2013, Pages 7899-7908

  Kovalova, Lubomira ^a   Siegrist, Hansruedi ^a   Von Gunten, Urs ^a,b   Eugster, Jakob ^a   Hagenbuch, Martina ^a   Wittmer, Anita ^a   Moser, Ruedi ^c   McArdell, Christa S ^a  

^a SWISS FEDERAL INSTITUTE OF AQUATIC SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Switzerland)

^b EPFL   (Switzerland)

^c University of Queensland   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACTIVATED CARBON; ACTIVATED CARBON TREATMENT; HOSPITALS; METABOLITES; OZONE; OZONE WATER TREATMENT; OZONIZATION; WASTEWATER TREATMENT;

COMBINED TREATMENT; HOSPITAL WASTEWATER; IODINATED CONTRAST MEDIA; MEMBRANE BIOREACTOR; MICROPOLLUTANTS; PHYSICAL-CHEMICAL PROPERTIES; POWDERED ACTIVATED CARBON; PRIMARY CLARIFIERS;

CLARIFICATION;

4 ACETAMIDO 5 AMINO 3 (1 ETHYLPROPOXY) 1 CYCLOHEXENE 1 CARBOXYLIC ACID; ACTIVATED CARBON; ANILINE; CILASTATIN; IFOSFAMIDE; MORPHINE; NAPHTHALENE DERIVATIVE; OSELTAMIVIR; OZONE; PARACETAMOL; QUINONE DERIVATIVE; RITONAVIR; SULFADIAZINE; SULFIDE; THIOPENTAL; TRIMETHOPRIM; VERAPAMIL; CARBON; WASTE WATER;

ACTIVATED CARBON; LOW PRESSURE; OZONE; PHYSICOCHEMICAL PROPERTY; POLLUTANT; TRANSFORMATION; ULTRAVIOLET RADIATION; WASTEWATER; WATER TREATMENT;

ARTICLE; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; ENERGY CONSUMPTION; OZONATION; PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY; ULTRAVIOLET RADIATION; WASTE COMPONENT REMOVAL; WASTE WATER MANAGEMENT; WATER POLLUTANT; CHEMISTRY; HOSPITAL SERVICE; WASTE WATER;

CARBON; MAINTENANCE AND ENGINEERING, HOSPITAL; OZONE; ULTRAVIOLET RAYS; WASTE WATER;

EID: 84880538599     PISSN: 0013936X     EISSN: 15205851     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/es400708w     Document Type: Article

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