Seasonal occurrence, removal efficiencies and preliminary risk assessment of multiple classes of organic UV filters in wastewater treatment plants

Water Research

Volumn 53, Issue , 2014, Pages 58-67

  Tsui, Mirabelle M P ^a   Leung, H W ^a,b   Lam, Paul K S ^a   Murphy, Margaret B ^a  

^a CITY UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^b HONG KONG INSTITUTE OF VOCATIONAL EDUCATION   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

China; Organic ultraviolet filters; Personal care products; Removal efficiency; Risk assessment; Wastewater treatment

Indexed keywords

BANDPASS FILTERS; EFFICIENCY; EFFLUENTS; LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; MASS SPECTROMETRY; RECLAMATION; REMOVAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEWAGE PUMPING PLANTS; TOXICITY; WATER TREATMENT PLANTS;

CHINA; ORGANIC ULTRAVIOLET FILTER; ORGANICS; PERSONAL CARE PRODUCTS; PRELIMINARY RISK ASSESSMENT; REMOVAL EFFICIENCIES; RISKS ASSESSMENTS; TREATMENT LEVEL; ULTRAVIOLET FILTERS; WASTE WATER TREATMENT PLANTS;

WASTEWATER TREATMENT;

2 ETHYL HEXYL 4 TRIMETHOXYCINNAMATE; AVOBENZONE; BENZOPHENONE DERIVATIVE; BENZORESORCINOL; CINNAMIC ACID DERIVATIVE; OXYBENZONE; SULISOBENZONE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

EFFLUENT; ENVIRONMENTAL RISK; FILTER; LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; MARINE ENVIRONMENT; MASS SPECTROMETRY; OSMOSIS; RISK ASSESSMENT; WASTEWATER;

ARTICLE; CHINA; CHLORINATION; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); EFFLUENT; FILTER; FILTRATION; HONG KONG; LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PRODUCTIVITY; REVERSE OSMOSIS; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEASONAL VARIATION; SEDIMENTATION; TANDEM MASS SPECTROMETRY; ULTRAVIOLET FILTER; WASTE COMPONENT REMOVAL; WASTE WATER TREATMENT PLANT; WATER SAMPLING;

CHINA; HONG KONG;

CHINA; ORGANIC ULTRAVIOLET FILTERS; PERSONAL CARE PRODUCTS; REMOVAL EFFICIENCY; RISK ASSESSMENT; WASTEWATER TREATMENT;

ANIMALS; CHROMATOGRAPHY, LIQUID; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FISHES; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEASONS; SPECTROMETRY, MASS, ELECTROSPRAY IONIZATION; SUNSCREENING AGENTS; TANDEM MASS SPECTROMETRY; WASTE DISPOSAL, FLUID; WASTE WATER; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL;

EID: 84893372901     PISSN: 00431354     EISSN: 18792448     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.watres.2014.01.014     Document Type: Article

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