Occurrence and removal of antibiotics in ecological and conventional wastewater treatment processes: A field study

Journal of Environmental Management

Volumn 178, Issue , 2016, Pages 11-19

  Dong, Huiyu ^a   Yuan, Xiangjuan ^a   Wang, Weidong ^a   Qiang, Zhimin ^a  

^a RESEARCH CENTER FOR ECO ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES   (China)

Author keywords

Antibiotics; Conventional treatment; Ecological treatment; Field study; Removal

Indexed keywords

ACTIVATED SLUDGE PROCESS; EFFLUENT TREATMENT; EFFLUENTS; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS; RECLAMATION; SULFUR COMPOUNDS; WASTEWATER TREATMENT; WETLANDS;

ACTIVATED SLUDGE; ANTIBIOTIC REMOVAL; CONVENTIONAL TREATMENTS; ECOLOGICAL TREATMENT; FIELD STUDIES; MACROLIDES; MICRO POWER; MICROPOWER; SULPHONAMIDES; WASTEWATER TREATMENT PROCESS;

ANTIBIOTICS;

CHLORTETRACYCLINE; CIPROFLOXACIN; CLARITHROMYCIN; ERYTHROMYCIN; MACROLIDE; NORFLOXACIN; OFLOXACIN; OXYTETRACYCLINE; QUINOLINE DERIVED ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; ROXITHROMYCIN; SULFADIMETHOXINE; SULFADIMIDINE; SULFAFURAZOLE; SULFAMERAZINE; SULFAMETHIZOLE; SULFAMETHOXAZOLE; SULFATHIAZOLE; SULFONAMIDE; TETRACYCLINE; TETRACYCLINE DERIVATIVE; TIAMULIN; TRIMETHOPRIM; WATER; ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; WASTE WATER; WATER POLLUTANT;

ACTIVATED SLUDGE; ANTIBIOTICS; CONSTRUCTED WETLAND; ECOLOGICAL APPROACH; FIELD SURVEY; POLLUTANT REMOVAL; POLLUTION CONTROL; POND; STABILIZATION; WASTE MANAGEMENT; WASTE TREATMENT; WASTEWATER; WATER TREATMENT; WETLAND;

ACTIVATED SLUDGE; AQUATIC ENVIRONMENT; ARTICLE; BIOFILM; CHINA; CONSTRUCTED WETLAND; ECOLOGY; FIELD STUDY; POND; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS; RISK ASSESSMENT; RURAL AREA; SEASONAL VARIATION; SUMMER; WASTE COMPONENT REMOVAL; WASTE WATER MANAGEMENT; WATER QUALITY; WINTER; CHEMISTRY; HUMAN; SEASON; SEWAGE; WASTE WATER; WATER POLLUTANT; WETLAND;

CHINA;

ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; CHINA; HUMANS; PONDS; SEASONS; WASTE DISPOSAL, FLUID; WASTE WATER; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL; WETLANDS;

EID: 84964402774     PISSN: 03014797     EISSN: 10958630     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jenvman.2016.04.037     Document Type: Article

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