Obtaining process mass balances of pharmaceuticals and triclosan to determine their fate during wastewater treatment

Science of the Total Environment

Volumn 497-498, Issue , 2014, Pages 553-560

  Petrie, Bruce ^a   McAdam, Ewan J ^a   Lester, John N ^a   Cartmell, Elise ^a  

^a CRANFIELD UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Activated sludge; Liquid chromatography; Micropollutant; Pharmaceutical; Trickling filter; Triclosan

Indexed keywords

ACTIVATED SLUDGE PROCESS; BIOCHEMICAL OXYGEN DEMAND; DRUG PRODUCTS; EFFLUENTS; FILTERS (FOR FLUIDS); LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; WASTEWATER TREATMENT;

ACTIVATED SLUDGE; ACTIVATED SLUDGE PLANTS; BIOCHEMICAL OXYGEN DEMANDS (BOD); MICROPOLLUTANTS; PERSONAL CARE PRODUCTS; SUSPENDED SOLID CONCENTRATION; TRICKLING FILTER; TRICLOSAN;

ANTIBIOTICS;

CIPROFLOXACIN; DRUG; OFLOXACIN; TRICLOSAN; WASTE WATER; WATER POLLUTANT;

ACTIVATED SLUDGE; DRUG; EFFLUENT; ENVIRONMENTAL FATE; LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; MASS BALANCE; WASTE TREATMENT; WASTEWATER; WATER TREATMENT;

ACTIVATED SLUDGE; ADSORPTION; ARTICLE; BIOCHEMICAL OXYGEN DEMAND; BIODEGRADATION; EFFLUENT; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; LIMIT OF QUANTITATION; SUSPENDED PARTICULATE MATTER; TRICKLING FILTER; WASTE COMPONENT REMOVAL; WASTE WATER MANAGEMENT; ANALYSIS; CHEMISTRY; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; PROCEDURES; SEWAGE; WASTE WATER; WATER POLLUTANT;

ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; PHARMACEUTICAL PREPARATIONS; TRICLOSAN; WASTE DISPOSAL, FLUID; WASTE WATER; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL;

EID: 84906706666     PISSN: 00489697     EISSN: 18791026     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2014.08.003     Document Type: Article

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