Attenuation of emerging organic contaminants in a hybrid constructed wetland system under different hydraulic loading rates and their associated toxicological effects in wastewater

Science of the Total Environment

Volumn 470-471, Issue , 2014, Pages 1272-1280

  Ávila, Cristina ^a   Matamoros, Víctor ^b   Reyes Contreras, Carolina ^b   Piña, Benjamí ^b   Casado, Marta ^b   Mita, Luigi ^b   Rivetti, Claudia ^b   Barata, Carlos ^b   García, Joan ^a   Bayona, Josep Maria ^b  

^a UNIVERSITAT POLITÈCNICA DE CATALUNYA   (Spain)

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

Author keywords

Estrogenicity; Hybrid constructed wetland; Pharmaceutical; Reed bed; Toxicity; Treatment wetland

Indexed keywords

DRUG PRODUCTS; HYBRID SYSTEMS; ORGANIC POLLUTANTS; TOXICITY; TURBINES;

ANTI-MICROBIAL ACTIVITY; CONSTRUCTED WETLANDS; DIOXIN-LIKE ACTIVITIES; EMERGING ORGANIC CONTAMINANTS; ESTROGENICITY; HYDRAULIC LOADING RATES; REED BED; TREATMENT WETLANDS;

WETLANDS;

DIOXIN; ORGANIC COMPOUND;

ANTIMICROBIAL ACTIVITY; CONSTRUCTED WETLAND; DRUG; ESTROGENIC COMPOUND; NATURAL ATTENUATION; ORGANIC POLLUTANT; REEDBED; TOXICITY; WASTEWATER;

ANAEROBIC METABOLISM; ANTIMICROBIAL ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; CHEMICAL OXYGEN DEMAND; CONSTRUCTED WETLAND; DAPHNIA MAGNA; ECOTOXICOLOGY; EMBRYO; EMBRYOTOXICITY; ESTROGEN ACTIVITY; NONHUMAN; ORGANIC POLLUTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TOXICITY TESTING; WASTE WATER; WASTE WATER MANAGEMENT; WATER CONTAMINATION; WATER FLOW; WATER QUALITY; ZEBRA FISH;

ESTROGENICITY; HYBRID CONSTRUCTED WETLAND; PHARMACEUTICAL; REED BED; TOXICITY; TREATMENT WETLAND;

BIODEGRADATION, ENVIRONMENTAL; WASTE DISPOSAL, FLUID; WASTE WATER; WATER MOVEMENTS; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL; WETLANDS;

EID: 84887805327     PISSN: 00489697     EISSN: 18791026     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2013.10.065     Document Type: Article

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