Worldwide estimation of river concentrations of any chemical originating from sewage-treatment plants using dilution factors

Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry

Volumn 33, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 447-452

  Keller, Virginie D J ^a   Williams, Richard J ^a   Lofthouse, Caryn ^b   Johnson, Andrew C ^a  

^a CENTRE FOR ECOLOGY AND HYDROLOGY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Catchment; Down the drain chemicals; Modeling; Risk assessment

Indexed keywords

DOMESTIC WASTEWATER EFFLUENTS; INTER QUARTILE RANGES; INTERNATIONAL COMMUNITY; NATIONAL STATISTICS; PHARMACEUTICAL COMPANY; SPATIAL VARIABILITY; TEMPORAL AND SPATIAL VARIABILITY; TEMPORAL VARIABILITY;

CATCHMENTS; CHEMICALS; DILUTION; EFFLUENTS; ESTIMATION; MODELS; RISK ASSESSMENT; RIVERS; RUNOFF;

RIVER POLLUTION;

ENVIRONMENTAL, INDUSTRIAL AND DOMESTIC CHEMICALS; INDUSTRIAL EFFLUENT; RIVER WATER; RUNOFF; SEWAGE; WATER POLLUTANT;

CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); DATA SET; DECISION MAKING; DILUTION; DRUG; EFFLUENT; ENVIRONMENTAL MODELING; ENVIRONMENTAL RISK; POLLUTION EXPOSURE; RISK ASSESSMENT; RIVER WATER; SEWAGE TREATMENT; SPATIAL VARIATION;

ARTICLE; DILUTION; ECOTOXICOLOGY; EFFLUENT; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEWAGE TREATMENT PLANT; WASTE WATER; WATER POLLUTION INDICATOR; WATER SUPPLY; ANALYSIS; CHEMISTRY; COMPARATIVE STUDY; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; HUMAN; PROCEDURES; RIVER; SEWAGE; THEORETICAL MODEL; WATER POLLUTANT;

CANADA; MOROCCO;

ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; HUMANS; MODELS, THEORETICAL; RIVERS; SEWAGE; WASTE DISPOSAL, FLUID; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL;

EID: 84892488766     PISSN: 07307268     EISSN: 15528618     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/etc.2441     Document Type: Article

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