Sources and processes affecting the spatio-temporal distribution of pharmaceuticals and X-ray contrast media in the water resources of the Lower Jordan Valley, Jordan

Science of the Total Environment

Volumn 488-489, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 100-114

  Zemann, Moritz ^a   Wolf, Leif ^a   Pöschko, Antje ^a   Schmidt, Natalie ^b   Sawarieh, Ali ^c   Seder, Nayef ^d   Tiehm, Andreas ^b   Hötzl, Heinz ^a   Goldscheider, Nico ^a  

^a KARLSRUHE INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Germany)

^b DVGW Technologiezentrum Wasser   (Germany)

^c Natural Resource Authority   (Jordan)

^d Jordan Valley Authority   (Jordan)

Author keywords

Arid zone hydrogeology; Diatrizoic acid; Emerging pollutant; Groundwater quality; PPCP; Wastewater reuse

Indexed keywords

AMIDES; ARID REGIONS; CONTRAST MEDIA; DRUG PRODUCTS; EVAPOTRANSPIRATION; GROUNDWATER; GROUNDWATER POLLUTION; HYDROGEOLOGY; IRRIGATION; LONG TERM EVOLUTION (LTE); RESIDENCE TIME DISTRIBUTION; SURFACE WATERS; WASTEWATER RECLAMATION; WASTEWATER TREATMENT; WATER QUALITY; X RAYS;

ARID ZONES; EMERGING POLLUTANTS; IODINATED X-RAY CONTRAST MEDIA; PPCP; SPATIAL AND TEMPORAL VARIABILITY; SPATIOTEMPORAL DISTRIBUTIONS; SURFACE WATER AND GROUNDWATERS; WASTEWATER REUSE;

WATER TREATMENT;

ANALGESIC AGENT; ANTILIPEMIC AGENT; CARBAMAZEPINE; DIATRIZOATE; DRUG RESIDUE; FENOFIBRATE; GROUND WATER; IBUPROFEN; IODINATED CONTRAST MEDIUM; IOHEXOL; IOMEPROL; IOPAMIDOL; IOPROMIDE; IOTALAMIC ACID; PRESCRIPTION DRUG; SURFACE WATER;

CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); EVAPOTRANSPIRATION; GROUNDWATER POLLUTION; NUMERICAL MODEL; PROBABILITY; SPATIOTEMPORAL ANALYSIS; WASTEWATER; WATER QUALITY;

ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; EVAPORATION; HOSPITAL; IRRIGATION (AGRICULTURE); JORDAN; MAXIMUM ALLOWABLE CONCENTRATION; PRESCRIPTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROBABILITY; TREND STUDY; WASTE WATER; WASTE WATER MANAGEMENT; WATER ANALYSIS; WATER POLLUTION; WATER QUALITY; WATER SUPPLY; X RAY;

DEAD SEA; JORDAN VALLEY;

ARID ZONE HYDROGEOLOGY; DIATRIZOIC ACID; EMERGING POLLUTANT; GROUNDWATER QUALITY; PPCP; WASTEWATER REUSE;

CONTRAST MEDIA; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; JORDAN; PHARMACEUTICAL PREPARATIONS; RIVERS; SPATIO-TEMPORAL ANALYSIS; WASTE DISPOSAL, FLUID; WASTE WATER; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL; WATER RESOURCES;

EID: 84899940639     PISSN: 00489697     EISSN: 18791026     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2014.04.063     Document Type: Article

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