Degradation of polar organic micropollutants during riverbank filtration: Complementary results from spatiotemporal sampling and push-pull tests

Environmental Science and Technology

Volumn 47, Issue 20, 2013, Pages 11512-11521

  Huntscha, Sebastian ^a,b   Rodriguez Velosa, Diana M ^a   Schroth, Martin H ^b   Hollender, Juliane ^a,b  

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

^b ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AEROBIC CONDITION; FIRST-ORDER DEGRADATION RATES; GROUNDWATER EXTRACTION; ORGANIC MICRO-POLLUTANTS; RIVERBANK FILTRATION; SINGLE-WELL PUSH-PULL TEST; SPATIO-TEMPORAL SAMPLINGS; WATER INFILTRATION;

AQUIFERS; DEGRADATION; FILTRATION; HERBICIDES; RADIAL BASIS FUNCTION NETWORKS; RATE CONSTANTS; RIVERS;

GROUNDWATER RESOURCES;

2 (4 CHLORO 2 METHYLPHENOXY)ACETIC ACID; 4 ACETYLAMINOANTIPYRINE; ACETAMIDE DERIVATIVE; ACID; ATENOLIC ACID; ATENOLOL; BENZOTRIAZOLE DERIVATIVE; CARBAMAZEPINE; DICLOFENAC; GROUND WATER; ORGANIC COMPOUND; PHENAZONE DERIVATIVE; SURFACE WATER; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

BIODEGRADATION; DRUG; ENVIRONMENTAL DEGRADATION; FILTRATION; HERBICIDE; INFILTRATION; ORGANIC POLLUTANT; RIVER POLLUTION; SAMPLING; SPATIOTEMPORAL ANALYSIS;

AEROBIC CAPACITY; AQUIFER; ARTICLE; BIOTRANSFORMATION; DEGRADATION; DYNAMICS; FILTRATION; HALF LIFE TIME; LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; MASS SPECTROMETRY; PH; RIVER; WATER POLLUTANT;

ALSACE; FRANCE; HAUT RHIN; THUR RIVER [HAUT RHIN];

ENVIRONMENTAL REMEDIATION; FILTRATION; GEOGRAPHY; KINETICS; ORGANIC CHEMICALS; PESTICIDES; PHARMACEUTICAL PREPARATIONS; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RIVERS; SPATIO-TEMPORAL ANALYSIS; SWITZERLAND; TIME FACTORS; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL;

EID: 84886872587     PISSN: 0013936X     EISSN: 15205851     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/es401802z     Document Type: Article

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