Determination of fluoroquinolone antibiotics in wastewater and transformation by UV and UV-H2O2 processes

86th Annual Water Environment Federation Technical Exhibition and Conference, WEFTEC 2013

Volumn 8, Issue , 2013, Pages 5069-5077

  Blaney, Lee ^a   Snowberger, Sebastian ^a   He, Ke ^a  

^a Baltimore County   (United States)

Author keywords

Antibiotics; Ciprofloxacin; Fleroxacin; Fluoroquinolones; HPLC FLD; Levofloxacin; Pharmaceuticals and personal care products; UV; UV H2O2; Wastewater

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTICS; DISINFECTION; EFFICIENCY; HEALTH RISKS; HIGH PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; IRRADIATION; METADATA; PHASE SEPARATION; RATE CONSTANTS; WASTEWATER; WASTEWATER RECLAMATION; WASTEWATER TREATMENT; WATER TREATMENT PLANTS;

CIPROFLOXACIN; FLEROXACIN; FLUOROQUINOLONES; HPLC-FLD; LEVOFLOXACIN; PHARMACEUTICALS AND PERSONAL CARE PRODUCTS; UV-H2O2;

EFFLUENTS;

EID: 84923551811     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.2175/193864713813692469     Document Type: Conference Paper

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