Removal of endocrine disruptors and non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs through wastewater chlorination: The effect of pH, total suspended solids and humic acids and identification of degradation by-products

Chemosphere

Volumn 119, Issue , 2015, Pages S109-S114

  Noutsopoulos, Constantinos ^a   Koumaki, Elena ^a   Mamais, Daniel ^a   Nika, Maria Christina ^b   Bletsou, Anna A ^b   Thomaidis, Nikolaos S ^b  

^a NATIONAL TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS   (Greece)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS   (Greece)

Author keywords

By products; Chlorination; Endocrine disrupting chemicals; Pharmaceuticals; Wastewater

Indexed keywords

BYPRODUCTS; CHEMICAL DETECTION; CHEMICALS; CHLORINATION; CHLORINE; DRUG PRODUCTS; ENDOCRINE DISRUPTERS; ORGANIC ACIDS; PH EFFECTS; PHENOLS; WASTEWATER; WASTEWATER TREATMENT;

CHLORINATION BYPRODUCTS; DEGRADATION BY-PRODUCTS; ENDOCRINE DISRUPTING CHEMICALS; FREE AVAILABLE CHLORINES; NON-STEROIDAL ANTI-INFLAMMATORY DRUGS; TOTAL SUSPENDED SOLIDS; WASTEWATER CHARACTERISTICS; WASTEWATER TREATMENT PLANTS;

CHEMICALS REMOVAL (WATER TREATMENT);

CHLORINE; ENDOCRINE DISRUPTOR; HUMIC ACID; NONSTEROID ANTIINFLAMMATORY AGENT; HUMIC SUBSTANCE; WASTE WATER; WATER POLLUTANT;

ARTICLE; CHLORINATION; DEGRADATION; ELECTROPHILICITY; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; PH; SUBSTITUTION REACTION; SUSPENDED PARTICULATE MATTER; TASK PERFORMANCE; WASTE WATER MANAGEMENT; CHEMISTRY; HUMIC SUBSTANCE; PROCEDURES; SEWAGE; WASTE WATER; WATER POLLUTANT;

ANTI-INFLAMMATORY AGENTS, NON-STEROIDAL; CHLORINE; ENDOCRINE DISRUPTORS; HUMIC SUBSTANCES; HYDROGEN-ION CONCENTRATION; WASTE DISPOSAL, FLUID; WASTE WATER; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL;

EID: 84922721898     PISSN: 00456535     EISSN: 18791298     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.chemosphere.2014.04.107     Document Type: Article

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