Contamination level of four priority phthalates in North Indian wastewater treatment plants and their fate in sequencing batch reactor systems

Environmental Science: Processes and Impacts

Volumn 18, Issue 3, 2016, Pages 406-416

  Gani, Khalid Muzamil ^a   Rajpal, Ankur ^a   Kazmi, Absar Ahmad ^a  

^a INDIAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY ROORKEE   (India)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

BENZYLBUTYL PHTHALATE; PHOSPHATE; PHTHALIC ACID; PHTHALIC ACID BIS(2 ETHYLHEXYL) ESTER; PHTHALIC ACID DIBUTYL ESTER; PHTHALIC ACID DIETHYL ESTER; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; PHTHALIC ACID DERIVATIVE; SEWAGE; WASTE WATER; WATER POLLUTANT;

ACTIVATED SLUDGE; AERATION; ARTICLE; BIOCHEMICAL OXYGEN DEMAND; BIODEGRADATION; CHEMICAL OXYGEN DEMAND; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY; MASS SPECTROMETRY; NUTRIENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEQUENCING BATCH REACTOR; TEMPERATURE; WASTE WATER; WASTE WATER TREATMENT PLANT; WATER CONTAMINATION; ADSORPTION; ANALYSIS; BIOREACTOR; BIOREMEDIATION; CHEMISTRY; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; INDIA; METABOLISM; SEWAGE; WATER POLLUTANT;

ADSORPTION; BIODEGRADATION, ENVIRONMENTAL; BIOREACTORS; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; INDIA; PHTHALIC ACIDS; SEWAGE; WASTE DISPOSAL, FLUID; WASTE WATER; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL;

EID: 84961807030     PISSN: 20507887     EISSN: 20507895     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1039/c5em00583c     Document Type: Article

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