The occurrence of emerging trace organic chemicals in wastewater effluents in Saudi Arabia

Science of the Total Environment

Volumn 478, Issue , 2014, Pages 152-162

  Alidina, Mazahirali ^a   Hoppe Jones, Christiane ^a   Yoon, Min ^a   Hamadeh, Ahmed F ^a   Li, Dong ^a   Drewes, Jörg E ^a,b  

^a KING ABDULLAH UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Saudi Arabia)

^b TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

Author keywords

Emerging trace organic chemicals; Liquid chromatography mass spectrometry; Saudi Arabia; Water reuse

Indexed keywords

AQUIFERS; BIOCHEMISTRY; INDUSTRIAL CHEMICALS; LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; LOADING; NITRIFICATION; ORGANIC CHEMICALS; TOXICITY; WASTEWATER RECLAMATION; WATER CONSERVATION; WATER QUALITY;

BIOLOGICAL NUTRIENT REMOVAL; BIOLOGICAL TREATMENT PROCESS; EMERGING TRACE ORGANIC CHEMICALS; LIQUID-CHROMATOGRAPHY MASS-SPECTROMETRY; MANAGED AQUIFER RECHARGES; SAUDI ARABIA; WASTEWATER TREATMENT PLANTS; WATER REUSE;

EFFLUENTS;

AMMONIA; ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; ANTICONVULSIVE AGENT; ANTIDEPRESSANT AGENT; COSMETIC; NITRATE; NONSTEROID ANTIINFLAMMATORY AGENT; ORGANIC COMPOUND; PESTICIDE; PLASTICIZER; TRACE ORGANIC CHEMICAL; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

BIOACCUMULATION; DRUG; EFFLUENT; LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; ORGANIC GEOCHEMISTRY; TRACE ELEMENT; WASTE FACILITY; WASTE TREATMENT; WASTEWATER;

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EFFLUENT; LIMIT OF DETECTION; LIMIT OF QUANTITATION; LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; MASS SPECTROMETRY; MEMBRANE REACTOR; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SAUDI ARABIA; SOLID PHASE EXTRACTION; WASTE WATER MANAGEMENT; WASTE WATER RECYCLING; WASTE WATER TREATMENT PLANT;

SAUDI ARABIA;

EMERGING TRACE ORGANIC CHEMICALS; LIQUID-CHROMATOGRAPHY MASS-SPECTROMETRY; SAUDI ARABIA; WATER REUSE;

ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; ORGANIC CHEMICALS; SAUDI ARABIA; WASTE DISPOSAL, FLUID; WASTE WATER; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL;

EID: 84896692370     PISSN: 00489697     EISSN: 18791026     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2014.01.093     Document Type: Article

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