Assessing the ecological long-term impact of wastewater irrigation on soil and water based on bioassays and chemical analyses

Water Research

Volumn 84, Issue , 2015, Pages 33-42

  Richter, Elisabeth ^a,b   Hecht, Fabian ^c   Schnellbacher, Nadine ^a   Ternes, Thomas A ^d   Wick, Arne ^d   Wode, Florian ^e   Coors, Anja ^a  

^a ECT OEKOTOXIKOLOGIE GMBH   (Germany)

^b GOETHE UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^c FREIE UNIVERSITÄT BERLIN   (Germany)

^d FEDERAL INSTITUTE OF HYDROLOGY   (Germany)

^e BERLINER WASSERBETRIEBE   (Germany)

Author keywords

Ecotoxicology; Emerging pollutants; Environmental risk assessment; Soil aquifer treatment; Soil quality; Whole effluent toxicity testing

Indexed keywords

ALGAE; AQUIFERS; BACTERIA; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; ECOSYSTEMS; EFFLUENT TREATMENT; EFFLUENTS; GROUNDWATER POLLUTION; IRRIGATION; LEACHING; QUALITY CONTROL; RISK ASSESSMENT; SOIL POLLUTION; SOIL TESTING; SOLVENTS; TOXICITY; WASTEWATER RECLAMATION; WASTEWATER TREATMENT; WATER CONSERVATION; WATER QUALITY;

ECO-TOXICOLOGY; EFFLUENT TOXICITY; EMERGING POLLUTANTS; ENVIRONMENTAL RISK ASSESSMENT; SOIL AQUIFER TREATMENTS; SOIL PASSAGE; SOILS QUALITIES; TOXICITY TESTING; WASTEWATER IRRIGATION; WHOLE EFFLUENT TOXICITY TESTING;

SOILS;

ALUMINUM; ARSENIC; BENZO[A]PYRENE; CADMIUM; CHLORPHENOTANE; CHROMIUM; COPPER; FERRIC PHOSPHATE; GROUND WATER; LEAD; MERCURY; NICKEL; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYL; TRICLOCARBAN; ZINC; SOIL; SOIL POLLUTANT; WASTE WATER;

ANNELID; AQUIFER; ARTHROPOD; BACTERIUM; BIOASSAY; BRACHIOPOD; CANOLA; CEREAL; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); ECOLOGICAL IMPACT; ECOTOXICOLOGY; ENVIRONMENTAL RISK; GREEN ALGA; GROWTH RESPONSE; HABITAT QUALITY; IMMOBILIZATION; INHIBITION; IRRIGATION SYSTEM; LABORATORY METHOD; LEACHING; LONG-TERM CHANGE; MONOCOTYLEDON; ORGANIC POLLUTANT; PERCOLATION; PHYTOTOXICITY; RECYCLING; RISK ASSESSMENT; SOIL POLLUTION; SOIL QUALITY; SOIL TYPE; TOXICITY TEST; WASTEWATER; WATER TREATMENT; ZINC;

ACTIVATED SLUDGE; ALGAL GROWTH; ARTHROBACTER GLOBIFORMIS; ARTICLE; BIOASSAY; EISENIA FETIDA; ELECTRIC CONDUCTIVITY; ENCHYTRAEUS CRYPTICUS; FOLSOMIA CANDIDA; HABITAT QUALITY; IMMOBILIZATION; IRRIGATION (AGRICULTURE); LEMNA MINOR; NONHUMAN; OAT; OLIGOCHAETA; PLANT GROWTH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAPESEED; RAPHIDOCELIS SUBCAPITATA; SEDIMENTATION; SOIL; SOIL POLLUTANT; SOIL POLLUTION; SOIL QUALITY; TOTAL ORGANIC CARBON; WASTE WATER; WATER ANALYSIS; WATER QUALITY; ANALYSIS; CHEMISTRY; ECOLOGY; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; PROCEDURES;

EUROPE;

ARTHROBACTER GLOBIFORMIS; AVENA SATIVA; BRASSICA NAPUS; CHLOROPHYTA; DAPHNIA MAGNA; EISENIA FETIDA; ENCHYTRAEIDAE; ENCHYTRAEUS CRYPTICUS; FOLSOMIA CANDIDA; LEMNA MINOR; LENS CULINARIS; OLIGOCHAETA (METAZOA); SELENASTRUM CAPRICORNUTUM;

AGRICULTURAL IRRIGATION; ECOLOGY; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; SOIL; SOIL POLLUTANTS; WASTE WATER;

EID: 84937676978     PISSN: 00431354     EISSN: 18792448     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.watres.2015.07.013     Document Type: Article

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