Occurrence and removal efficiency of pesticides in sewage treatment plants of four Mediterranean River Basins

Journal of Hazardous Materials

Volumn 263, Issue , 2013, Pages 146-157

  Campo, Julian ^a   Masiá, Ana ^a   Blasco, Cristina ^a   Picó, Yolanda ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VALENCIA   (Spain)

Author keywords

LC MS MS; Pesticides; Removal efficiency; Sludge; Wastewater

Indexed keywords

EFFLUENTS; HERBICIDES; PESTICIDES; REMOVAL; SEWAGE TREATMENT PLANTS; UREA; WASTEWATER;

CHLORFEN-VINPHOS; LC-MS/MS; LLOBREGAT RIVER; MEDITERRANEAN RIVERS; REMOVAL EFFICIENCIES; SLUDGE; SLUDGE SAMPLES; TERTIARY TREATMENT;

RIVER POLLUTION;

2 AMINO 4 CHLORO 6 ETHYLAMINO 1,3,5 TRIAZINE; 2,5 DIMETHOXY 4 METHYLAMPHETAMINE; ALACHLOR; AMIDE; ATRAZINE; BENZIMIDAZOLE; CARBOFURAN; CHLORPYRIFOS; CLOFENVINFOS; DIMETHOATE; DIMPYLATE; DIURON; ENILCONAZOLE; FENCLOFOS; FENITROTHION; FENTHION; IMIDACLOPRID; MALATHION; METHIOCARB; METOLACHLOR; MOLINATE; OMETHOATE; PARATHION METHYL; PESTICIDE; PROCHLORAZ; PROPANIL; PROPAZINE; PYRIPROXYFEN; TERBUTYLAZINE; TIABENDAZOLE;

DIAZINON; EFFLUENT; LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; MASS SPECTROMETRY; MEDITERRANEAN ENVIRONMENT; PESTICIDE; POLLUTANT REMOVAL; RIVER BASIN; SEWAGE TREATMENT; WASTEWATER;

AQUATIC ENVIRONMENT; ARTICLE; CLIMATE; EFFLUENT; MEMBRANE FILTER; RIVER BASIN; SEWAGE TREATMENT PLANT; SLUDGE; SPAIN; WASTE COMPONENT REMOVAL; WATER CONTAMINATION;

ANDALUCIA; CATALONIA; EBRO RIVER; GUADALQUIVIR RIVER; JUCAR RIVER; LLOBREGAT RIVER; SPAIN;

LC-MS/MS; PESTICIDES; REMOVAL EFFICIENCY; SLUDGE; WASTEWATER;

ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; PESTICIDES; RIVERS; SEWAGE; SPAIN; WASTE DISPOSAL, FLUID; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL;

EID: 84888161749     PISSN: 03043894     EISSN: 18733336     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jhazmat.2013.09.061     Document Type: Article

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