Mass loading and removal of select illicit drugs in two wastewater treatment plants in New York State and estimation of illicit drug usage in communities through wastewater analysis

Environmental Science and Technology

Volumn 48, Issue 12, 2014, Pages 6661-6670

  Subedi, Bikram ^a   Kannan, Kurunthachalam ^a,b  

^a STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

^b KING ABDULAZIZ UNIVERSITY   (Saudi Arabia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DRUG PRODUCTS; FLOW RATE; SEWAGE; SEWAGE PUMPING PLANTS; WATER TREATMENT PLANTS;

CONSUMPTION RATES; ENVIRONMENTAL EMISSIONS; PARTICULATE PHASIS; REMOVAL EFFICIENCIES; SEWAGE EPIDEMIOLOGIES; SUSPENDED PARTICULATE MATTERS; WASTEWATER ANALYSIS; WASTEWATER TREATMENT PLANTS;

LOADING;

2 ETHYLIDENE 1,5 DIMETHYL 3,3 DIPHENYLPYRROLIDINE; 3,4 METHYLENEDIOXYAMPHETAMINE; 3,4 METHYLENEDIOXYETHYLAMPHETAMINE; 3,4 METHYLENEDIOXYMETHAMPHETAMINE; AMPHETAMINE; BENZOYLECGONINE; COCAINE; COTININE; HOMOCOCAINE; ILLICIT DRUG; METHADONE; METHAMPHETAMINE; MORPHINE; MORPHINE 3 GLUCURONIDE; MORPHINE 6 GLUCURONIDE; N ETHYL 3,4 METHYLENEDIOXYAMPHETAMINE; NICOTINE; NORCOCAINE; PARAXANTHINE; PSYCHEDELIC AGENT; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); DRUG; ESTIMATION METHOD; POLLUTION MONITORING; WASTEWATER; WATER QUALITY; WATER TREATMENT;

ACTIVATED SLUDGE; ARTICLE; BIOCHEMICAL OXYGEN DEMAND; DRUG EXCRETION; DRUG URINE LEVEL; DRUG USE; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; HUMAN; QUALITY CONTROL; SEWAGE EFFLUENT; SLUDGE; SLUDGE TREATMENT; SUSPENDED PARTICULATE MATTER; UNITED STATES; WASTE COMPONENT REMOVAL; WASTE WATER MANAGEMENT; WASTE WATER TREATMENT PLANT;

ALBANY [NEW YORK]; NEW YORK [UNITED STATES]; UNITED STATES;

ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; HUMANS; NEW YORK; PARTICULATE MATTER; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RESIDENCE CHARACTERISTICS; SEWAGE; STREET DRUGS; SUBSTANCE-RELATED DISORDERS; WASTE WATER; WATER PURIFICATION;

EID: 84902603336     PISSN: 0013936X     EISSN: 15205851     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/es501709a     Document Type: Article

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