Removal of PPCPs from the sludge supernatant in a one stage nitritation/anammox process

Water Research

Volumn 68, Issue , 2015, Pages 701-709

  Alvarino, T ^a   Suarez, S ^a   Katsou, E ^b   Vazquez Padin, J ^c   Lema, J M ^a   Omil, F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SANTIAGO DE COMPOSTELA   (Spain)

^b BRUNEL UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^c Vigo WWTP   (Spain)

Author keywords

Biodegradation; Biomass activity; Granule size; Nitritation anammox; Pharmaceutical and personal care products (PPCPs); Sorption

Indexed keywords

BIODEGRADATION; EFFLUENTS; GRANULATION; GROUNDWATER; NITROGEN REMOVAL; PHENOLS; SEWAGE; WASTEWATER TREATMENT;

AMMONIUM OXIDATION; BIOMASS ACTIVITY; BISPHENOLS-A; GRANULE SIZE; NITRITATION; NITRITATION/ANOXIC AMMONIUM OXIDATION; OXIDATION PROCESS; PHARMACEUTICAL AND PERSONAL CARE PRODUCT; PHARMACEUTICAL AND PERSONAL CARE PRODUCTS; REMOVAL MECHANISM;

SORPTION;

4,4' ISOPROPYLIDENEDIPHENOL; AMMONIA; ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; CARBAMAZEPINE; CARBON; CELESTOLIDE; COSMETIC; DIAZEPAM; DRUG; ERYTHROMYCIN; FLUOXETINE; FRAGRANCE; GROUND WATER; HORMONE; IBUPROFEN; INDUSTRIAL EFFLUENT; NAPROXEN; NITRITE; NITROGEN; PHARMACEUTICAL AND PERSONAL CARE PRODUCT; SURFACE WATER; TRICLOSAN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; AMMONIUM DERIVATIVE; PERFUME; SEWAGE;

AMMONIUM; BIODEGRADATION; DRUG; ORGANIC POLLUTANT; OXIDATION; POLLUTANT REMOVAL; REACTION RATE; SLUDGE; SORPTION;

ANALYTIC METHOD; ANAMMOX BACTERIUM; ARTICLE; AUTOTROPHIC NITROGEN REMOVAL; BIODEGRADATION; BIOMASS; KINETICS; METHODOLOGY; NONHUMAN; OXIDATION; SLUDGE; SLUDGE DIGESTION; TECHNOLOGY; WASTE WATER; WASTE WATER MANAGEMENT; WASTE WATER TREATMENT PLANT; ADSORPTION; ALGORITHM; ANAEROBIC GROWTH; BIOREMEDIATION; CHEMISTRY; DEVICES; HYDRODYNAMICS; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; MASS FRAGMENTOGRAPHY; METABOLISM; MICROBIOLOGY; NITRIFICATION; OXIDATION REDUCTION REACTION; PROCEDURES; REPRODUCIBILITY; SEWAGE; SOLID PHASE EXTRACTION; TANDEM MASS SPECTROMETRY; WATER MANAGEMENT;

ADSORPTION; ALGORITHMS; AMMONIUM COMPOUNDS; ANAEROBIOSIS; BIODEGRADATION, ENVIRONMENTAL; CHROMATOGRAPHY, LIQUID; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY-MASS SPECTROMETRY; HORMONES; HYDRODYNAMICS; KINETICS; NITRIFICATION; NITRITES; OXIDATION-REDUCTION; PERFUME; PHARMACEUTICAL PREPARATIONS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SEWAGE; SOLID PHASE EXTRACTION; TANDEM MASS SPECTROMETRY; WASTE DISPOSAL, FLUID; WATER PURIFICATION;

EID: 84911426389     PISSN: 00431354     EISSN: 18792448     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.watres.2014.10.055     Document Type: Article

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