Treatment of poly- and perfluoroalkyl substances in U.S. full-scale water treatment systems

Water Research

Volumn 51, Issue , 2014, Pages 246-255

  Appleman, Timothy D ^a   Higgins, Christopher P ^a   Quiñones, Oscar ^b   Vanderford, Brett J ^b   Kolstad, Chad ^c   Zeigler Holady, Janie C ^b   Dickenson, Eric R V ^a,b  

^a Department of Metallurgical and Materials Engineering   (United States)

^b SOUTHERN NEVADA WATER AUTHORITY   (United States)

^c MINNESOTA DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

Anion exchange; Full scale; Granular actived carbon; Occurrence; PFOA; PFOS; Reverse osmosis; Treatment

Indexed keywords

ACTIVATED CARBON; EFFLUENT TREATMENT; EFFLUENTS; GRANULAR MATERIALS; LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; MASS SPECTROMETRY; OZONE WATER TREATMENT; OZONIZATION; POTABLE WATER; REVERSE OSMOSIS; WASTEWATER TREATMENT;

ACTIVED CARBONS; ANION EXCHANGE; FULL-SCALE; GRANULAR ACTIVED CARBON; OCCURRENCE; PERFLUOROALKYL SUBSTANCES; PERFLUOROCARBOXYLIC ACID; PFOA; PFOS; TREATMENT;

ACTIVATED CARBON TREATMENT;

ACTIVATED CARBON; ALUMINUM POTASSIUM SULFATE; CHEMICAL COMPOUND; CHLORINE DIOXIDE; DRINKING WATER; HYDROGEN PEROXIDE; PERFLEXANE; PERFLUOROALKYL SUBSTANCE; PERFLUOROCARBOXYLIC ACID; PERFLUORODECANOIC ACID; PERFLUOROHEPTANOIC ACID; PERFLUOROHEXANE SULFONIC ACID; PERFLUOROHEXANOIC ACID; PERFLUOROOCTANESULFONIC ACID; PERFLUOROOCTANOIC ACID; PERFLUOROPENTANOIC ACID; PERFLUOROSULFONIC ACID; POLYFLUOROALKYL SUBSTANCE; SULFONIC ACID DERIVATIVE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ACTIVATED CARBON; BIOACCUMULATION; CARBOXYLIC ACID; COAGULATION; DISINFECTION; DRINKING WATER; EFFLUENT; HEALTH RISK; HYDROGEN PEROXIDE; ION EXCHANGE; ORGANIC COMPOUND; OSMOSIS; POLLUTANT REMOVAL; POLLUTION EXPOSURE; SOLUBILIZATION; WATER TREATMENT;

AERATION; ANION EXCHANGE; ARTICLE; CHLORINATION; DISINFECTION; EFFLUENT; LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; MICROFILTRATION; OXIDATION; OZONATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVERSE OSMOSIS; TANDEM MASS SPECTROMETRY; ULTRAFILTRATION; UNITED STATES; WATER CONTAMINATION; WATER SAMPLING; WATER TREATMENT;

UNITED STATES;

ANION EXCHANGE; FULL-SCALE; GRANULAR ACTIVED CARBON; OCCURRENCE; PFOA; PFOS; REVERSE OSMOSIS; TREATMENT;

ANION EXCHANGE RESINS; CHARCOAL; CHROMATOGRAPHY, LIQUID; DRINKING WATER; FLUOROCARBONS; TANDEM MASS SPECTROMETRY; UNITED STATES; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL; WATER PURIFICATION; WATER SUPPLY;

EID: 84895075037     PISSN: 00431354     EISSN: 18792448     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.watres.2013.10.067     Document Type: Article

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