Removal of pharmaceuticals and personal care products in a membrane bioreactor wastewater treatment plant

Water Science and Technology

Volumn 69, Issue 11, 2014, Pages 2221-2229

  Kim, M ^a   Guerra, P ^a   Shah, A ^a   Parsa, M ^a   Alaee, M ^a   Smyth, S A ^a  

^a ENVIRONMENT CANADA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Biosolids; Membrane bioreactor; Pharmaceuticals and personal care products; Wastewater treatment

Indexed keywords

AMIDES; ANTIBIOTICS; BIOLOGICAL MATERIALS; BIOSOLIDS; CAFFEINE; SEWAGE PUMPING PLANTS; WASTEWATER TREATMENT; WATER TREATMENT PLANTS;

CLARITHROMYCIN; FINAL EFFLUENTS; HYDROCHLOROTHIAZIDE; MEMBRANE BIO REACTOR (MBR); MEMBRANE BIOREACTOR; PHARMACEUTICALS AND PERSONAL CARE PRODUCTS; THIABENDAZOLE; WASTEWATER TREATMENT PLANTS;

BIOREACTORS;

ATENOLOL; ATORVASTATIN; CAFFEINE; CARBAMAZEPINE; CIPROFLOXACIN; CLARITHROMYCIN; CODEINE; COTININE; EPITETRACYCLINE; ERYTHROMYCIN; HYDROCHLOROTHIAZIDE; IBUPROFEN; MEPROBAMATE; METFORMIN; MICONAZOLE; MISCELLANEOUS DRUGS AND AGENTS; NAPROXEN; NORFLOXACIN; OFLOXACIN; OXYCODONE; PARACETAMOL; PARAXANTHINE; PAROXETINE; PHARMACEUTICALS AND PERSONAL CARE PRODUCT; PROPRANOLOL; TETRACYCLINE; TIABENDAZOLE; TRICLOCARBAN; TRICLOSAN; TRIMETHOPRIM; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

BIOREACTOR; BIOSOLID; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); DEGRADATION; DRUG; ORGANIC POLLUTANT; POLLUTANT REMOVAL; REACTION KINETICS; REACTION RATE; SORPTION; WASTE FACILITY; WASTE TREATMENT;

ARTICLE; BIOSOLID; EFFLUENT; MEMBRANE REACTOR; WASTE COMPONENT REMOVAL; WASTE WATER TREATMENT PLANT; WATER SAMPLING;

BIOREACTORS; COSMETICS; MEMBRANES, ARTIFICIAL; PHARMACEUTICAL PREPARATIONS; TIME; WASTE DISPOSAL, FLUID; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL;

EID: 84902315311     PISSN: 02731223     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2166/wst.2014.145     Document Type: Article

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