Sunlight-induced transformation of sulfadiazine and sulfamethoxazole in surface waters and wastewater effluents

Water Research

Volumn 57, Issue , 2014, Pages 183-192

  Bahnmüller, Sabrina ^a,b   von Gunten, Urs ^a,b,c   Canonica, Silvio ^a  

^a SWISS FEDERAL INSTITUTE OF AQUATIC SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Switzerland)

^b ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^c EPFL   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Antioxidants; DOM; Excited triplet states; Hydroxyl radical; Phototransformation; Sulfonamide antibiotics

Indexed keywords

AMIDES; ANTIBIOTICS; BIOGEOCHEMISTRY; BIOLOGICAL MATERIALS; EFFLUENTS; RIVERS; SULFUR COMPOUNDS; WASTEWATER TREATMENT;

DISSOLVED ORGANIC MATTERS; EFFLUENT ORGANIC MATTER; EXCITED TRIPLET STATE; HYDROXYL RADICALS; PHOTOTRANSFORMATIONS; SULFAMETHOXAZOLE; SULFONAMIDE ANTIBIOTICS; SULPHONAMIDES; WASTEWATER EFFLUENTS; WATER AND WASTEWATER;

SOLUTIONS;

DISSOLVED ORGANIC MATTER; FRESH WATER; FULVIC ACID; HYDROXYL RADICAL; NITRITE; PHOTOSENSITIZING AGENT; RIVER WATER; SULFADIAZINE; SULFAMETHOXAZOLE; SULFONAMIDE; ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; ORGANIC COMPOUND; WASTE WATER; WATER POLLUTANT;

ANTIBIOTICS; ANTIOXIDANT; EFFLUENT; HYDROXYL RADICAL; LIGHT EFFECT; NITRITE; ORGANIC MATTER; SURFACE WATER; TRANSFORMATION; WASTEWATER;

AQUEOUS SOLUTION; ARTICLE; EFFLUENT; KINETICS; PH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RIVER; SUNLIGHT; SURFACE PROPERTY; SWITZERLAND; WASTE WATER; WASTE WATER MANAGEMENT; WATER POLLUTION; WATER SAMPLING; ANALYSIS; CHEMISTRY; PHOTOLYSIS; RADIATION RESPONSE; WATER POLLUTANT;

SWITZERLAND; THUR RIVER [SWITZERLAND];

ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; FRESH WATER; ORGANIC CHEMICALS; PHOTOLYSIS; SULFADIAZINE; SULFAMETHOXAZOLE; SUNLIGHT; SWITZERLAND; WASTE WATER; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL;

EID: 84897929926     PISSN: 00431354     EISSN: 18792448     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.watres.2014.03.019     Document Type: Article

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