Occurrence and fate of emerging trace organic chemicals in wastewater plants in Chennai, India

Environment International

Volumn 92-93, Issue , 2016, Pages 33-42

  Anumol, Tarun ^a,b   Vijayanandan, Arya ^c   Park, Minkyu ^a   Philip, Ligy ^c   Snyder, Shane A ^a  

^a University of Arizona   (United States)

^b AGILENT TECHNOLOGIES   (United States)

^c INDIAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY MADRAS   (India)

Author keywords

Emerging contaminants; India; Indicator chemicals; Pharmaceuticals; Tracers; Wastewater treatment

Indexed keywords

AMIDES; CAFFEINE; CONTRAST MEDIA; DRUG PRODUCTS; EFFICIENCY; ORGANIC CHEMICALS; RADIOACTIVE TRACERS; SEWAGE TREATMENT PLANTS; SUGAR SUBSTITUTES; WASTEWATER TREATMENT; WATER TREATMENT PLANTS;

AVERAGE CONCENTRATION; BIOLOGICAL TREATMENT PROCESS; EMERGING CONTAMINANT; EMERGING TRACE ORGANIC CHEMICALS; INDIA; INDUSTRIAL CONTAMINANTS; TRACE ORGANIC COMPOUNDS; WASTEWATER TREATMENT PLANTS;

EFFLUENTS;

ACESULFAME; CAFFEINE; CARBAMAZEPINE; HORMONE; INDUSTRIAL CHEMICAL; IOHEXOL; ORGANIC COMPOUND; PESTICIDE; SUCRALOSE; SWEETENING AGENT; TRACE ORGANIC COMPOUND; TRICLOCARBAN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; DRUG; WASTE WATER; WATER POLLUTANT;

CHEMICAL POLLUTANT; DRUG; ORGANIC COMPOUND; TRACER; WASTE FACILITY; WASTEWATER; WATER TREATMENT;

AGRICULTURAL WASTE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOMESTIC WASTE; EFFLUENT; INDIA; POLLUTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SAMPLING; WASTE COMPONENT REMOVAL; WASTE WATER TREATMENT PLANT; ANALYSIS; CHEMISTRY; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; PROCEDURES; WASTE WATER; WATER MANAGEMENT; WATER POLLUTANT;

CHENNAI; INDIA; TAMIL NADU;

ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; INDIA; ORGANIC CHEMICALS; PESTICIDES; PHARMACEUTICAL PREPARATIONS; SWEETENING AGENTS; WASTE WATER; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL; WATER PURIFICATION;

EID: 84963701123     PISSN: 01604120     EISSN: 18736750     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.envint.2016.03.022     Document Type: Article

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