The fate of pharmaceuticals, steroid hormones, phytoestrogens, UV-filters and pesticides during MBR treatment

Bioresource Technology

Volumn 144, Issue , 2013, Pages 247-254

  Wijekoon, Kaushalya C ^a   Hai, Faisal I ^a   Kang, Jinguo ^a   Price, William E ^a   Guo, Wenshan ^b   Ngo, Hao H ^b   Nghiem, Long D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WOLLONGONG   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Adsorption; Biodegradation; Fate and removal; Membrane bioreactor (MBR); Trace organic contaminants (TrOCs)

Indexed keywords

ADSORPTION; HYDROPHOBICITY; MICROBIOLOGY; PESTICIDES; STEROID HORMONES; WASTEWATER TREATMENT;

BIODEGRADABLE COMPOUNDS; MEMBRANE BIO REACTOR (MBR); MOLECULAR PROPERTIES; MUNICIPAL WASTEWATERS; PHYTOESTROGENS; RECALCITRANT COMPOUNDS; REMOVAL MECHANISM; TRACE ORGANIC CONTAMINANTS;

BIODEGRADATION;

AMETRYN; AMITRIPTYLINE; ATRAZINE; BENZOPHENONE; CARBAMAZEPINE; CLOFIBRIC ACID; DICLOFENAC; ENTEROLACTONE; ESTRADIOL; ESTRADIOL ACETATE; ESTRIOL; ESTRONE; ETHINYLESTRADIOL; FENOPROP; FORMONONETIN; GEMFIBROZIL; IBUPROFEN; KETOPROFEN; METRONIDAZOLE; NAPROXEN; OCTOCRYLENE; OXYBENZONE; PENTACHLOROPHENOL; PESTICIDE; PHYTOESTROGEN; PRIMIDONE; PROPOXUR; SALICYLIC ACID; STEROID HORMONE; TRICLOSAN;

ADSORPTION; BIODEGRADATION; BIOREACTOR; DRUG; FILTER; HORMONE; HYDROPHOBICITY; MEMBRANE; ORGANIC POLLUTANT; PESTICIDE; POLLUTANT REMOVAL; SLUDGE; STEROID; TRANSFORMATION; WASTEWATER; WATER TREATMENT;

ADSORPTION; ARTICLE; BIODEGRADATION; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; FILTER; HYDROPHOBICITY; MEMBRANE REACTOR; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOLID; ULTRAVIOLET FILTER; WASTE WATER MANAGEMENT;

EID: 84880580465     PISSN: 09608524     EISSN: 18732976     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.biortech.2013.06.097     Document Type: Article

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