Fate of trace organics in a wastewater effluent dependent stream

Science of the Total Environment

Volumn 518-519, Issue , 2015, Pages 479-490

  Dong, Bingfeng ^a   Kahl, Alandra ^b   Cheng, Long ^a   Vo, Hao ^a   Ruehl, Stephanie ^a   Zhang, Tianqi ^a   Snyder, Shane ^a   Sáez, A Eduardo ^a   Quanrud, David ^c   Arnold, Robert G ^a  

^a University of Arizona   (United States)

^b PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

Author keywords

Effluent dependent stream; Estrogenic activity; Solar photolysis; Trace organic compounds

Indexed keywords

BIODEGRADATION; ECOSYSTEMS; GROUNDWATER; ORGANIC COMPOUNDS; PHOTOLYSIS; PROBABILITY DISTRIBUTIONS; RIVERS; SEDIMENTS; WATER SUPPLY SYSTEMS;

BIODEGRADATION PROBABILITIES; ESTROGENIC ACTIVITIES; ESTROGENIC COMPOUNDS; MUNICIPAL WASTEWATERS; SOLAR PHOTOLYSIS; TRACE ORGANIC COMPOUNDS; WASTEWATER EFFLUENTS; WATER DISTRIBUTIONS;

EFFLUENTS;

GROUND WATER; ORGANIC COMPOUND; RAIN; TRACE ELEMENT; WASTE WATER; WATER POLLUTANT;

EFFLUENT; ENVIRONMENTAL FATE; ENVIRONMENTAL RISK; ESTROGENIC COMPOUND; FLUVIAL DEPOSIT; ORGANIC POLLUTANT; PHOTOLYSIS; STREAMWATER; WASTEWATER;

ARTICLE; BIODEGRADATION; BIOTRANSFORMATION; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; EFFLUENT; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; HYDROPHOBICITY; LIGHT ABSORPTION; PHOTOLYSIS; POLLUTION TRANSPORT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEDIMENT; STREAM (RIVER); SUNLIGHT; UNITED STATES; WATER ANALYSIS; WATER POLLUTION; WATER QUALITY; WATER SAMPLING; WATER SUPPLY; ANALYSIS; CHEMISTRY; ECOSYSTEM; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; RIVER; SEWAGE; WASTE WATER; WATER POLLUTANT;

ARIZONA; SANTA CRUZ RIVER [ARIZONA]; TUCSON; UNITED STATES;

ARIZONA; ECOSYSTEM; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; ORGANIC CHEMICALS; RIVERS; WASTE DISPOSAL, FLUID; WASTE WATER; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL;

EID: 84924690163     PISSN: 00489697     EISSN: 18791026     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2015.02.074     Document Type: Article

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