Can those organic micro-pollutants that are recalcitrant in activated sludge treatment be removed from wastewater by biofilm reactors (slow sand filters)?

Science of the Total Environment

Volumn 506-507, Issue , 2015, Pages 315-322

  Escolà Casas, Mònica ^a   Bester, Kai ^a  

^a AARHUS UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Aerobic degradation; Biofilm reactors; Kinetics; Pesticides; Pharmaceuticals; Wastewater

Indexed keywords

ACTIVATED SLUDGE PROCESS; BIOFILMS; BIOREACTORS; DEGRADATION; DRUG PRODUCTS; EFFLUENTS; ENZYME KINETICS; PESTICIDES; POLLUTION; SEWAGE TREATMENT PLANTS; WASTEWATER;

ACTIVATED SLUDGE TREATMENT; AEROBIC DEGRADATION; BIOFILM REACTORS; HYDRAULIC LOADING RATES; HYDRAULIC RESIDENCE TIME; ORGANIC MICRO-POLLUTANTS; RECALCITRANT COMPOUNDS; WASTEWATER TREATMENT PLANTS;

WASTEWATER TREATMENT;

DICLOFENAC; IOHEXOL; IOMEPROL; IOPROMIDE; PROPICONAZOLE; PROPRANOLOL; TEBUCONAZOLE; SEWAGE; SILICON DIOXIDE; WASTE WATER; WATER POLLUTANT;

ACTIVATED SLUDGE; BIOFILM; DEGRADATION; DRUG; EFFLUENT; OXIC CONDITIONS; PESTICIDE; REACTION KINETICS; WASTE TREATMENT; WASTEWATER;

ARTICLE; BIOFILM REACTOR; BIOFILTER; BIOREMEDIATION; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONTROLLED STUDY; EFFLUENT; ORGANIC POLLUTION; OXYGEN CONSUMPTION; SLUDGE TREATMENT; TOTAL ORGANIC CARBON; WASTE COMPONENT REMOVAL; WASTE WATER MANAGEMENT; AEROBIC METABOLISM; ANALYSIS; BIOFILM; BIOREACTOR; CHEMISTRY; FILTRATION; KINETICS; MICROBIOLOGY; PROCEDURES; SEWAGE; WASTE WATER; WATER POLLUTANT;

AEROBIOSIS; BIOFILMS; BIOREACTORS; FILTRATION; KINETICS; SEWAGE; SILICON DIOXIDE; WASTE DISPOSAL, FLUID; WASTE WATER; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL;

EID: 84911388358     PISSN: 00489697     EISSN: 18791026     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2014.10.113     Document Type: Article

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