Reducing the discharge of micropollutants in the aquatic environment: The benefits of upgrading wastewater treatment plants

Environmental Science and Technology

Volumn 48, Issue 14, 2014, Pages 7683-7689

  Eggen, Rik I L ^a,b   Hollender, Juliane ^a,b   Joss, Adriano ^a   Schärer, Michael ^c   Stamm, Christian ^a  

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

^b ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^c Bundesamt fur Umweltschutz   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACTIVATED CARBON; ENDOCRINE DISRUPTOR; FRESH WATER;

AQUATIC ENVIRONMENT; DISCHARGE; POLLUTANT TRANSPORT; POLLUTION CONTROL; WASTEWATER; WATER QUALITY; WATER TREATMENT;

AQUATIC ENVIRONMENT; ARTICLE; EFFLUENT; GOVERNMENT; LIFE CYCLE ASSESSMENT; MICROPOLLUTANT; MUNICIPAL SOLID WASTE; OZONATION; POLLUTANT; WASTE WATER MANAGEMENT; WASTE WATER TREATMENT PLANT; WATER CONTAMINATION; WATER QUALITY;

SWITZERLAND;

SWITZERLAND; WASTE DISPOSAL, FLUID; WASTE WATER; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL; WATER PURIFICATION;

EID: 84904437966     PISSN: 0013936X     EISSN: 15205851     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/es500907n     Document Type: Article

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