A pilot study on the assessment of trace organic contaminants including pharmaceuticals and personal care products from on-site wastewater treatment systems along Skaneateles Lake in New York State, USA

Water Research

Volumn 72, Issue , 2015, Pages 28-39

  Subedi, Bikram ^a   Codru, Neculai ^b   Dziewulski, David M ^b,c   Wilson, Lloyd R ^b,c   Xue, Jingchuan ^a   Yun, Sehun ^a   Braun Howland, Ellen ^a,c   Minihane, Christine ^a   Kannan, Kurunthachalam ^a,c,d  

^a WADSWORTH CENTER   (United States)

^b NEW YORK STATE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY AT ALBANY   (United States)

^d KING ABDULAZIZ UNIVERSITY   (Saudi Arabia)

Author keywords

On site wastewater treatment; PBDEs; PCBs; Perfluorinated compounds; PPCPs; Septic effluent

Indexed keywords

EFFLUENT TREATMENT; EFFLUENTS; ORGANIC POLLUTANTS; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYLS; POTABLE WATER; RECLAMATION; WASTEWATER DISPOSAL; WASTEWATER TREATMENT;

LAKE WATER SAMPLES; MEDIAN CONCENTRATION; ON-SITE WASTEWATER TREATMENT; PERFLUORINATED COMPOUNDS; PERFLUOROALKYL SURFACTANTS; PHARMACEUTICAL AND PERSONAL CARE PRODUCTS; PILOT STUDIES; POLYBROMINATED DIPHENYLETHERS; SEPTIC EFFLUENTS; TAP-WATER SAMPLES;

LAKES;

DOMESTIC CHEMICAL; DRUG; ORGANIC COMPOUND; WASTE WATER;

CHEMISTRY; LAKE; MICROBIOLOGY; PILOT STUDY; PROCEDURES; UNITED STATES; WASTE WATER; WATER MANAGEMENT;

HOUSEHOLD PRODUCTS; LAKES; NEW YORK; ORGANIC CHEMICALS; PHARMACEUTICAL PREPARATIONS; PILOT PROJECTS; WASTE WATER; WATER PURIFICATION;

EID: 84939951488     PISSN: 00431354     EISSN: 18792448     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.watres.2014.10.049     Document Type: Article

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