Predicting the fate of emerging contaminants in wastewater treatment plants

WEFTEC 2012 - 85th Annual Technical Exhibition and Conference

Volumn 6, Issue , 2012, Pages 3828-3836

  Cloutier, Frédéric ^a   Clouzot, Ludiwine ^a   Vanrolleghem, Peter A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ LAVAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

Activated sludge systems; Biodegradation; Chemicals of emerging concern; Micropollutants; Modeling; Ozonation; Primary clarification; Sand filtration; Sorption; Volatilization

Indexed keywords

ACTIVATED SLUDGE PROCESS; BIODEGRADATION; CLARIFICATION; CLARIFIERS; CONTAMINATION; MODELS; OZONE; OZONE WATER TREATMENT; OZONIZATION; RECLAMATION; SEWAGE PUMPING PLANTS; SORPTION; VAPORIZATION; WATER TREATMENT PLANTS;

ACTIVATED SLUDGE PLANTS; ACTIVATED SLUDGE SYSTEMS; EMERGING CONTAMINANT; MICROPOLLUTANTS; SAND FILTRATION; TERTIARY TREATMENT; WASTEWATER TREATMENT MODELS; WASTEWATER TREATMENT PLANTS;

WASTEWATER TREATMENT;

EID: 84890640112     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.2175/193864712811708284     Document Type: Conference Paper

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