Fluorescence Characterization of Natural Organic Matter at a Northern Ontario Wastewater Treatment Plant

Water, Air, and Soil Pollution

Volumn 225, Issue 9, 2014, Pages

  Riopel, Rémi ^a,b   Caron, François ^a   Siemann, Stefan ^a  

^a LAURENTIAN UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b ATOMIC ENERGY OF CANADA LIMITED   (Canada)

Author keywords

Colored natural organic matter; Fluorescence; Natural organic matter; Protein like; Wastewater treatment plant

Indexed keywords

BIOGEOCHEMISTRY; BIOLOGICAL MATERIALS; CHEMICALS REMOVAL (WATER TREATMENT); FLUORESCENCE; FLUORESCENCE SPECTROSCOPY; ORGANIC COMPOUNDS; PROTEINS; RECLAMATION; SEWAGE; SEWAGE PUMPING PLANTS; WASTEWATER TREATMENT; WATER TREATMENT PLANTS;

AFTER-TREATMENT; FLUORESCENCE SIGNALS; MUNICIPAL WASTEWATER TREATMENT PLANTS; NATURAL ORGANIC MATTERS; ONTARIO , CANADA; PARALLEL FACTOR ANALYSIS; TOTAL KJELDAHL NITROGENS; WASTEWATER TREATMENT PLANTS;

EFFLUENTS;

AMMONIA; CARBON; FULVIC ACID; HUMIC ACID; NATURAL ORGANIC MATTER; NITROGEN; PROTEIN;

AMMONIUM; EFFLUENT; FLUORESCENCE SPECTROSCOPY; NITROGEN; ORGANIC MATTER; PROTEIN; WASTE TREATMENT; WASTEWATER; WATER TREATMENT;

ARTICLE; CANADA; DECOMPOSITION; EFFLUENT; FLUORESCENCE SPECTROSCOPY; SEWAGE; WASTE WATER TREATMENT PLANT;

CANADA; ONTARIO [CANADA];

EID: 84920266098     PISSN: 00496979     EISSN: 15732932     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11270-014-2126-3     Document Type: Article

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