Perfluoroalkyl acids in selected wastewater treatment plants and their discharge load within the Lake Victoria basin in Kenya

Environmental Monitoring and Assessment

Volumn 187, Issue 5, 2015, Pages

  Chirikona, Florah ^a   Filipovic, Marko ^b   Ooko, Seline ^a   Orata, Francis ^a  

^a MASINDE MULIRO UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Kenya)

^b STOCKHOLM UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Discharge; Lake Victoria; Perfluoroalkyl acids; Sludge; UPLC MS MS; Wastewater; WWTPs

Indexed keywords

CATCHMENTS; CHAIN LENGTH; DISCHARGE (FLUID MECHANICS); HOSPITALS; LAKES; LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; PHASE SEPARATION; SEWAGE PUMPING PLANTS; SEWAGE SLUDGE; WASTEWATER; WASTEWATER TREATMENT; WATER TREATMENT PLANTS;

LAKE VICTORIA; PERFLUOROALKYL ACIDS; SLUDGE; UPLC-MS/MS; WWTPS;

EFFLUENTS;

PERFLUORO COMPOUND; PERFLUOROALKYL ACID DERIVATIVE; PERFLUOROOCTANESULFONIC ACID; PERFLUOROOCTANOIC ACID; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; ALKANESULFONIC ACID; FLUOROCARBON; INDUSTRIAL WASTE; OCTANOIC ACID DERIVATIVE; SEWAGE; WASTE WATER; WATER POLLUTANT;

CATCHMENT; DISCHARGE; LAKE WATER; LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; MASS SPECTROMETRY; SLUDGE; WASTE FACILITY; WASTEWATER; WATER QUALITY;

ARTICLE; CATCHMENT; DOMESTIC WASTE; HOSPITAL WASTE; INDUSTRIAL WASTE; KENYA; LAKE; MASS SPECTROMETRY; QUALITY CONTROL; SLUDGE; SOLID PHASE EXTRACTION; ULTRA PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; WASTE WATER TREATMENT PLANT; ANALYSIS; CHEMISTRY; CITY; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; SEWAGE; TANDEM MASS SPECTROMETRY; WASTE WATER; WATER POLLUTANT;

EAST AFRICAN LAKES; KENYA; LAKE VICTORIA;

ALKANESULFONIC ACIDS; CAPRYLATES; CITIES; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FLUOROCARBONS; INDUSTRIAL WASTE; KENYA; LAKES; SEWAGE; TANDEM MASS SPECTROMETRY; WASTE DISPOSAL, FLUID; WASTE WATER; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL;

EID: 84928251722     PISSN: 01676369     EISSN: 15732959     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10661-015-4425-6     Document Type: Article

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