Distribution and fate of perfluoroalkyl substances in Mediterranean Spanish sewage treatment plants

Science of the Total Environment

Volumn 472, Issue , 2014, Pages 912-922

  Campo, Julian ^a   Masiá, Ana ^a   Picó, Yolanda ^a   Farré, Marinella ^b   Barceló, Damià ^b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VALENCIA   (Spain)

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

^c UNIVERSITY OF GIRONA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Distribution coefficients; LC MS MS; Removal efficiency; Sewage treatment plant; Sludge; Wastewater

Indexed keywords

CARBOXYLATION; EFFICIENCY; EFFLUENT TREATMENT; EFFLUENTS; LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; PHASE SEPARATION; RIVERS; SEWAGE TREATMENT PLANTS; SULFUR COMPOUNDS; WASTEWATER; WASTEWATER TREATMENT;

DISTRIBUTION COEFFICIENT; LC-MS/MS; PERFLUOROALKYL SUBSTANCES; PERFLUOROOCTANE SULFONATES; REMOVAL EFFICIENCIES; SLUDGE; SOLID-PHASE EXTRACTION; TRIPLE-QUADRUPOLE MASS SPECTROMETER;

RIVER POLLUTION;

BUTYRIC ACID; CARBOXYLIC ACID DERIVATIVE; CHEMICAL COMPOUND; HEXANOIC ACID; PERFLUOROALKYL SUBSTANCE; PERFLUOROBUTANE SULFONATE; PERFLUOROBUTANOATE; PERFLUOROHEXANE SULFONATE; PERFLUOROHEXANOATE; PERFLUOROOCTANESULFONIC ACID; PERFLUOROPENTANOATE; SULFONAMIDE; SULFONIC ACID DERIVATIVE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; VALERIC ACID;

ADSORPTION; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); ENVIRONMENTAL FATE; MASS SPECTROMETRY; POLLUTANT REMOVAL; SEWAGE TREATMENT; SLUDGE; WASTE FACILITY; WASTEWATER;

ADSORPTION; ADSORPTION KINETICS; AQUATIC ENVIRONMENT; ARTICLE; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONTROLLED STUDY; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUADRUPOLE MASS SPECTROMETRY; QUALITY CONTROL; RIVER; RIVER BASIN; SEWAGE EFFLUENT; SEWAGE TREATMENT PLANT; SLUDGE TREATMENT; SOLID PHASE EXTRACTION; SPAIN; TANDEM MASS SPECTROMETRY; WASTE COMPONENT REMOVAL; WATER CONTAMINATION;

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

DISTRIBUTION COEFFICIENTS; LC-MS/MS; REMOVAL EFFICIENCY; SEWAGE TREATMENT PLANT; SLUDGE; WASTEWATER;

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

EID: 84890376031     PISSN: 00489697     EISSN: 18791026     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2013.11.056     Document Type: Article

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