New insights into the transformation of trimethoprim during biological wastewater treatment

Water Research

Volumn 88, Issue , 2016, Pages 550-557

  Jewell, Kevin S ^a   Castronovo, Sandro ^a   Wick, Arne ^a   Falås, Per ^b   Joss, Adriano ^b   Ternes, Thomas A ^a  

^a FEDERAL INSTITUTE OF HYDROLOGY   (Germany)

^b SWISS FEDERAL INSTITUTE OF AQUATIC SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Activated sludge; Degradation; Micropollutants; Transformation products; Trimethoprim; Wastewater

Indexed keywords

ACTIVATED SLUDGE PROCESS; BATCH REACTORS; BIOLOGICAL WATER TREATMENT; EFFLUENTS; WASTEWATER TREATMENT;

ACTIVATED SLUDGE; BIOLOGICAL WASTE WATER TREATMENT; DIAMINOPYRIMIDINE; MICROPOLLUTANTS; PILOT SCALE; PRODUCT FORMATION; RAW WASTEWATERS; SEQUENCING BATCH REACTORS; TRANSFORMATION PRODUCTS; TRIMETHOPRIM;

BIOREACTORS;

4 DESMETHYL TRIMETHOPRIM; CARBOXYLIC ACID; DRUG METABOLITE; TRIMETHOPRIM; TRIMETHOPRIM D3; TRIMETHOPRIM DERIVATIVE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; ANTIMALARIAL AGENT; URINARY TRACT ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; WASTE WATER; WATER POLLUTANT;

ACTIVATED SLUDGE; ANTIBIOTICS; BIODEGRADATION; BIOREACTOR; BIOTRANSFORMATION; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); EFFLUENT; POLLUTANT REMOVAL; WASTEWATER; WATER TREATMENT;

ACTIVATED SLUDGE; ARTICLE; BIODEGRADATION; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONTROLLED STUDY; DEGRADATION KINETICS; DEMETHYLATION; DRUG HYDROXYLATION; DRUG OXIDATION; DRUG TRANSFORMATION; EFFLUENT; KINETIC PARAMETERS; LABORATORY; PILOT STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSEUDO FIRST ORDER KINETIC; SEQUENCING BATCH REACTOR; WASTE COMPONENT REMOVAL; WASTE WATER MANAGEMENT; WATER SAMPLING; AEROBIC METABOLISM; ANALYSIS; BIOREACTOR; KINETICS; METABOLISM; SEASON; SEWAGE; WASTE WATER; WATER POLLUTANT;

AEROBIOSIS; ANTI-INFECTIVE AGENTS, URINARY; ANTIMALARIALS; BIOREACTORS; KINETICS; SEASONS; TRIMETHOPRIM; WASTE DISPOSAL, FLUID; WASTE WATER; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL;

EID: 84946430155     PISSN: 00431354     EISSN: 18792448     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.watres.2015.10.026     Document Type: Article

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