The use of multiple tracers for tracking wastewater discharges in freshwater systems

Environmental Monitoring and Assessment

Volumn 185, Issue 11, 2013, Pages 9321-9332

  Williams, Mike ^a   Kumar, Anupama ^a   Ort, Christoph ^b,d   Lawrence, Michael G ^b   Hambly, Adam ^c   Khan, Stuart J ^c   Kookana, Rai ^a  

^a CSIRO   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

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

Author keywords

Carbamazepine; Dilution; Effluent; Electrical conductivity; Fluorescent dissolved organic matter; Gadolinium

Indexed keywords

AMIDES; BIOGEOCHEMISTRY; DILUTION; ELECTRIC CONDUCTIVITY; FLUORESCENCE; GADOLINIUM; TRACERS; WATER;

BACKGROUND RESPONSE; CARBAMAZEPINE; DISSOLVED ORGANIC MATTERS; ELECTRICAL CONDUCTIVITY; FRESHWATER SYSTEMS; HUMAN PHARMACEUTICALS; WASTEWATER DISCHARGE; WASTEWATER EFFLUENTS;

EFFLUENTS;

CARBAMAZEPINE; DISSOLVED ORGANIC MATTER; GADOLINIUM; TRACER;

DILUTION; DISCHARGE; DISSOLVED ORGANIC MATTER; EFFLUENT; ELECTRICAL CONDUCTIVITY; FRESHWATER ENVIRONMENT; GADOLINIUM; TRACER; WASTEWATER;

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DILUTION; EFFLUENT; ELECTRIC CONDUCTIVITY; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT ASSESSMENT; FEASIBILITY STUDY; FRESHWATER ENVIRONMENT; LIMIT OF QUANTITATION; POLLUTION MONITORING; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; WASTE WATER; WATER ANALYSIS; WATER CONTAMINATION; WATER FLOW; WATER QUALITY; WATER SAMPLING;

EID: 84885479641     PISSN: 01676369     EISSN: 15732959     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10661-013-3254-8     Document Type: Article

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