Mass flow of antibiotics in a wastewater treatment plant focusing on removal variations due to operational parameters

Science of the Total Environment

Volumn 538, Issue , 2015, Pages 779-788

  Marx, Conrad ^a   Günther, Norbert ^a   Schubert, Sara ^b   Oertel, Reinhard ^b   Ahnert, Markus ^a   Krebs, Peter ^a   Kuehn, Volker ^a  

^a DRESDEN UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Germany)

^b DRESDEN UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Antibiotics; Elimination; Mass flow analysis; Removal; Sludge; Wastewater treatment

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTICS; BIOLOGICAL WATER TREATMENT; DRUG PRODUCTS; EFFLUENTS; MASS TRANSFER; METABOLITES; NITROGEN REMOVAL; RECLAMATION; REMOVAL; SEWAGE PUMPING PLANTS; SEWAGE TREATMENT PLANTS; SULFUR COMPOUNDS; TOXICITY; WATER TREATMENT PLANTS;

ANALYTICAL DETERMINATION; BIOLOGICAL WASTEWATER TREATMENT PROCESS; ELIMINATION; HYDRAULIC RETENTION TIME; MASS FLOW; SLUDGE; WASTEWATER TREATMENT PLANTS; WASTEWATER TREATMENT PROCESS;

WASTEWATER TREATMENT;

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; CEPHALOSPORIN DERIVATIVE; CIPROFLOXACIN; CLINDAMYCIN; CLINDAMYCIN SULFOXIDE; LEVOFLOXACIN; LINCOSAMIDE; MACROLIDE; NITROGEN; PENICILLIN DERIVATIVE; PYRIMIDINE DERIVATIVE; QUINOLINE DERIVED ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; SULFAMETHOXAZOLE; SULFONAMIDE; TETRACYCLINE DERIVATIVE; TRIMETHOPRIM; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; WASTE WATER; WATER POLLUTANT;

ANTIBIOTICS; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); EFFLUENT; METABOLITE; SLUDGE; WASTE TREATMENT; WASTEWATER; WATER TREATMENT;

ADSORPTION; ANALYTIC METHOD; ARTICLE; CATCHMENT; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); DEGRADATION; EFFLUENT; GERMANY; MONITORING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SLUDGE; TEMPERATURE; WASTE COMPONENT REMOVAL; WASTE WATER MANAGEMENT; WASTE WATER TREATMENT PLANT; ANALYSIS; CHEMISTRY; PROCEDURES; SEWAGE; WASTE WATER; WATER POLLUTANT;

GERMANY;

ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; GERMANY; WASTE DISPOSAL, FLUID; WASTE WATER; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL;

EID: 84940490426     PISSN: 00489697     EISSN: 18791026     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2015.08.112     Document Type: Article

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