Advanced treatment process for pharmaceuticals, endocrine disruptors, and flame retardants removal

Water Environment Research

Volumn 86, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 111-122

  Sundaram, Vijay ^a   Emerick, Robert W ^a   Shumaker, Stanley E ^b  

^a STANTEC CONSULTING LTD   (Canada)

^b Independent Water Resources Consultant   (United States)

Author keywords

Advanced oxidation; Biologically active filtration; CECs; Contaminants of emerging concern; Microconstituents; NDMA; Ozonation; Ozonation byproducts; Ozone BAC; Reverse osmosis; Trace organics

Indexed keywords

BYPRODUCTS; EFFLUENT TREATMENT; FILTRATION; MICROFILTRATION; OZONE; OZONIZATION; REVERSE OSMOSIS;

ACTIVE FILTRATION; ADVANCED OXIDATION; CECS; CONTAMINANTS OF EMERGING CONCERNS; MICRO-CONSTITUENTS; NDMA; TRACE ORGANICS;

FLAME RETARDANTS;

ACTIVATED CARBON; ALDEHYDE; DIMETHYLNITROSAMINE; ENDOCRINE DISRUPTOR; FLAME RETARDANT; OZONE;

BIOFILTRATION; DRUG; ENDOCRINE DISRUPTOR; OSMOSIS; OXIDATION; OZONE; POLLUTANT REMOVAL; WASTE TREATMENT; WASTEWATER;

ARTICLE; EFFLUENT; ESTROGEN ACTIVITY; MEMBRANE FILTER; OZONATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVERSE OSMOSIS; TOTAL ORGANIC CARBON; WASTE COMPONENT REMOVAL;

CHARCOAL; ENDOCRINE DISRUPTORS; FILTRATION; FLAME RETARDANTS; OZONE; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL; WATER PURIFICATION;

EID: 84893789260     PISSN: 10614303     EISSN: 15547531     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2175/106143013X13807328849053     Document Type: Article

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