Mecoprop (MCPP) removal in full-scale rapid sand filters at a groundwater-based waterworks

Science of the Total Environment

Volumn 499, Issue , 2014, Pages 257-264

  Hedegaard, Mathilde J ^a   Arvin, Erik ^a   Corfitzen, Charlotte B ^a   Albrechtsen, Hans Jørgen ^a  

^a TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF DENMARK   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Groundwater; MCPP; Pesticides; Rapid sand filter; Removal; Waterworks

Indexed keywords

PESTICIDES; REMOVAL; WATERWORKS;

MCPP; MECOPROP; RAPID SAND FILTERS;

GROUNDWATER;

AMMONIA; BICARBONATE; CALCIUM; CARBON 14; FLUORIDE; GROUND WATER; MAGNESIUM; MANGANESE; MECOPROP; NITRATE; OXYGEN; POTASSIUM; SODIUM; SULFATE; 2 (4 CHLORO 2 METHYLPHENOXY)ACETIC ACID; SILICON DIOXIDE; WATER POLLUTANT;

ANOXIC CONDITIONS; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); FILTER; GROUNDWATER; HERBICIDE; MICROCOSM; SAND; WATER TREATMENT;

ADSORPTION; AERATION; ARTICLE; BIODEGRADATION; EFFLUENT; FILTER; GRAIN; MICROBIAL DEGRADATION; MICROCOSM; MINERALIZATION; POROSITY; SAND FILTER; TURBIDITY; WASTE COMPONENT REMOVAL; WATER CONTAMINATION; WATER FLOW; WATER HARDNESS; WATER QUALITY; WATER SAMPLING; WATER TREATMENT; ANALOGS AND DERIVATIVES; ANALYSIS; CHEMISTRY; FILTRATION; PROCEDURES; SEWAGE; WATER MANAGEMENT; WATER POLLUTANT;

2-METHYL-4-CHLOROPHENOXYACETIC ACID; FILTRATION; GROUNDWATER; SILICON DIOXIDE; WASTE DISPOSAL, FLUID; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL; WATER PURIFICATION;

EID: 84906925418     PISSN: 00489697     EISSN: 18791026     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2014.08.052     Document Type: Article

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