Review on the occurrence, fate and removal of perfluorinated compounds during wastewater treatment

Science of the Total Environment

Volumn 524-525, Issue , 2015, Pages 81-92

  Arvaniti, Olga S ^a   Stasinakis, Athanasios S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE AEGEAN   (Greece)

Author keywords

Biosolids; Degradation; Elimination; Occurrence; Perfluorochemicals; Sewage; Treatment

Indexed keywords

ACTIVATED CARBON; ACTIVATED CARBON TREATMENT; BIODEGRADATION; BIOLOGICAL SEWAGE TREATMENT; BIOLOGICAL WATER TREATMENT; BIOREMEDIATION; BIOSOLIDS; CARBOXYLATION; DEGRADATION; INDUSTRIAL PLANTS; RECLAMATION; SEWAGE; SEWAGE SLUDGE; SEWAGE TREATMENT PLANTS; SULFUR COMPOUNDS; WATER ANALYSIS; WATER TREATMENT;

AEROBIC AND ANAEROBIC BIOREACTORS; BIOLOGICAL WASTE WATER TREATMENT; ELIMINATION; OCCURRENCE; PERFLUORINATED COMPOUND (PFCS); PERFLUOROCHEMICALS; SECONDARY BIOLOGICAL TREATMENTS; TREATMENT;

WASTEWATER TREATMENT;

CARBON; CARBOXYLIC ACID; PERFLUORO COMPOUND; PERFLUOROOCTANESULFONIC ACID; PERFLUOROOCTANOIC ACID; SULFONAMIDE; WASTE WATER; WATER POLLUTANT;

BIOSOLID; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); DEGRADATION; POLLUTANT REMOVAL; SEWAGE TREATMENT; WASTEWATER;

ADSORPTION; ASIA; AUSTRALIA; BIODEGRADATION; BIOREACTOR; BIOTRANSFORMATION; CANADA; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); DRY WEIGHT; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; EUROPE; HUMAN; INDUSTRIAL WASTE; MEDITERRANEAN SEA; NANOFILTRATION; NONHUMAN; OSMOSIS; OXIDATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; RISK REDUCTION; SEWAGE; SEWAGE TREATMENT PLANT; SLUDGE; UNITED STATES; WASTE COMPONENT REMOVAL; WASTE WATER MANAGEMENT; ANALYSIS; CHEMISTRY; PROCEDURES; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; WASTE WATER; WATER POLLUTANT; WATER POLLUTION;

ASIA; AUSTRALIA; CANADA; EUROPE; MEDITERRANEAN REGION; UNITED STATES;

ASIA; AUSTRALIA; CANADA; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; EUROPE; WASTE DISPOSAL, FLUID; WASTE WATER; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL; WATER POLLUTION, CHEMICAL;

EID: 84927740549     PISSN: 00489697     EISSN: 18791026     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2015.04.023     Document Type: Review

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