Contamination risk of raw drinking water caused by PFOA sources along a river reach in south-western Finland

Science of the Total Environment

Volumn 541, Issue , 2016, Pages 74-82

  Happonen, Maiju ^a   Koivusalo, Harri ^a   Malve, Olli ^b   Perkola, Noora ^b   Juntunen, Janne ^b   Huttula, Timo ^b  

^a AALTO UNIVERSITY   (Finland)

^b FINNISH ENVIRONMENT INSTITUTE   (Finland)

Author keywords

Contamination; PFOA; Raw drinking water; Risk assessment; River modeling; Wastewater treatment plant

Indexed keywords

CONTAMINATION; GROUNDWATER; INLET FLOW; POTABLE WATER; RECHARGING (UNDERGROUND WATERS); RISK ASSESSMENT; RIVERS; SEWAGE PUMPING PLANTS; SURFACE WATERS; TOXICITY; WASTEWATER TREATMENT; WATER; WATER RESOURCES; WATER TREATMENT PLANTS;

ARTIFICIAL GROUNDWATER RECHARGE; CONCENTRATION VALUES; PERFLUOROOCTANOIC ACID; PFOA; RIVER MODEL; SOUTH-WESTERN FINLAND; WASTEWATER TREATMENT PLANTS; WATER AND WASTEWATER;

RIVER POLLUTION;

DRINKING WATER; PERFLUOROOCTANOIC ACID; FLUOROCARBON; OCTANOIC ACID DERIVATIVE; WATER POLLUTANT;

CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); DRINKING WATER; RISK ASSESSMENT; RIVER POLLUTION; RIVER WATER; WASTEWATER; WATER QUALITY;

ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); DRY SEASON; FINLAND; FLOW RATE; FLUID INTAKE; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; RIVER; SEASONAL VARIATION; WASTE WATER TREATMENT PLANT; WATER ANALYSIS; WATER CONTAMINATION; WATER QUALITY; ANALYSIS; CHEMISTRY; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; WATER POLLUTANT; WATER POLLUTION;

FINLAND; KOKEMAEN RIVER; SATAKUNTA;

CAPRYLATES; DRINKING WATER; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FINLAND; FLUOROCARBONS; RIVERS; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL; WATER POLLUTION, CHEMICAL;

EID: 84941966085     PISSN: 00489697     EISSN: 18791026     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2015.09.008     Document Type: Article

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