Fate of anthropogenic cyclic volatile methylsiloxanes in a wastewater treatment plant

Water Research

Volumn 72, Issue , 2015, Pages 209-217

  Wang, De Gao ^a   Aggarwal, Monica ^a   Tait, Tara ^a   Brimble, Samantha ^a   Pacepavicius, Grazina ^a   Kinsman, Laura ^a   Theocharides, Mike ^a   Smyth, Shirley Anne ^a   Alaee, Mehran ^a  

^a ENVIRONMENT CANADA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Fugacity; Mass balance model; Siloxane; Uncertainty analysis; Wastewater

Indexed keywords

ACTIVATED SLUDGE PROCESS; BIOASSAY; SEWAGE PUMPING PLANTS; UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS; WASTEWATER; WASTEWATER TREATMENT; WATER TREATMENT PLANTS;

DECAMETHYLCYCLOPENTASILOXANE; FUGACITY; MASS BALANCE ANALYSIS; MASS BALANCE MODEL; OCTAMETHYLCYCLOTETRASILOXANE; SILOXANE; WASTE ACTIVATED SLUDGES; WASTEWATER TREATMENT PLANTS;

EFFLUENTS;

SEWAGE; SILOXANE; WASTE WATER;

CANADA; CHEMISTRY; HUMAN; HUMAN ACTIVITIES; SEWAGE; THEORETICAL MODEL; VOLATILIZATION; WASTE WATER; WATER MANAGEMENT;

CANADA; HUMAN ACTIVITIES; HUMANS; MODELS, THEORETICAL; SEWAGE; SILOXANES; VOLATILIZATION; WASTE WATER; WATER PURIFICATION;

EID: 84921925308     PISSN: 00431354     EISSN: 18792448     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.watres.2014.10.007     Document Type: Article

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