Concentrations of trace substances in sewage sludge from 28 wastewater treatment works in the UK

Chemosphere

Volumn 111, Issue , 2014, Pages 478-484

  Jones, Vera ^a   Gardner, Mike ^a   Ellor, Brian ^b  

^a ATKINS   (United Kingdom)

^b UK Water Industry Research Limited   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Chemical investigations programme; Priority substances; Sewage sludge directive; Sludge; Trace substances

Indexed keywords

EFFLUENT TREATMENT; EFFLUENTS; ORGANIC POLLUTANTS; POLYCYCLIC AROMATIC HYDROCARBONS; SEWAGE SLUDGE; TRACE ELEMENTS;

EFFLUENT CONCENTRATIONS; POLYCYCLIC AROMATIC HYDROCARBONS (PAHS); PREDICTED NO-EFFECT CONCENTRATIONS; PRIORITY SUBSTANCES; SLUDGE; SOIL CONCENTRATIONS; TRACE SUBSTANCES; WASTEWATER TREATMENT WORKS;

WASTEWATER TREATMENT;

4,4' ISOPROPYLIDENEDIPHENOL; ANTHRACENE; BENTAZON; BENZO[A]PYRENE; BENZO[B]FLUORANTHENE; BENZO[K]FLUORANTHENE; CADMIUM; COPPER; DICLOFENAC; ERYTHROMYCIN; ETHER DERIVATIVE; FLUORANTHENE; FLUOXETINE; IBUPROFEN; INDENO[1,2,3 CD]PYRENE; LEAD; MERCURY; NAPHTHALENE; NICKEL; NONYLPHENOL; OFLOXACIN; OXYTETRACYCLINE; PROPRANOLOL; SILVER; TRICLOSAN; ZINC;

CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); POLLUTION MONITORING; SAMPLING; SEWAGE; SOIL CHEMISTRY; WASTEWATER; WATER TREATMENT;

AGRICULTURE; ARTICLE; EFFLUENT; POLLUTANT; SLUDGE; SOIL; UNITED KINGDOM; WASTE WATER MANAGEMENT; WORK;

UNITED KINGDOM;

CHEMICAL INVESTIGATIONS PROGRAMME; PRIORITY SUBSTANCES; SEWAGE SLUDGE DIRECTIVE; SLUDGE; TRACE SUBSTANCES;

AGRICULTURE; GREAT BRITAIN; METALS; PHARMACEUTICAL PREPARATIONS; POLYCYCLIC HYDROCARBONS, AROMATIC; SEWAGE; SOIL; WASTE WATER; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL;

EID: 84903613968     PISSN: 00456535     EISSN: 18791298     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.chemosphere.2014.04.025     Document Type: Article

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