Fate of pharmaceutical micro-pollutants in Lake Tegel (Berlin, Germany): the impact of lake-specific mechanisms

Environmental Earth Sciences

Volumn 75, Issue 10, 2016, Pages

  Schimmelpfennig, Sebastian ^a,c   Kirillin, Georgiy ^a   Engelhardt, Christof ^a   Dünnbier, Uwe ^c   Nützmann, Gunnar ^a,b  

^a LEIBNIZ INSTITUTE OF FRESHWATER ECOLOGY AND INLAND FISHERIES   (Germany)

^b HUMBOLDT UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^c Berlin Water Company   (Germany)

Author keywords

Drinking water supply; Elimination rates; Lake; Micro pollutants; Seasonal patterns; Spatial distribution

Indexed keywords

AMIDES; AQUATIC ECOSYSTEMS; GROUNDWATER; GROUNDWATER POLLUTION; LAKES; POLLUTION; POTABLE WATER; RECHARGING (UNDERGROUND WATERS); SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION; WASTEWATER TREATMENT; WATER; WATER FILTRATION; WATER POLLUTION; WATER RESOURCES; WATER SUPPLY;

ARTIFICIAL GROUNDWATER RECHARGE; CONCENTRATION GRADIENTS; DENSITY STRATIFICATION; ELIMINATION RATE; HIGH RESOLUTION SAMPLING; MICROPOLLUTANTS; MUNICIPAL WASTEWATER TREATMENT PLANTS; SEASONAL PATTERNS;

LAKE POLLUTION;

AQUATIC ENVIRONMENT; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); DRINKING WATER; DRUG; FILTRATION; LAKE POLLUTION; POLLUTANT REMOVAL; SEASONALITY; SPATIAL RESOLUTION; WASTEWATER; WATER QUALITY; WATER RESOURCE; WATER TREATMENT;

BERLIN; GERMANY; TEGELSEE;

EID: 84969651038     PISSN: 18666280     EISSN: 18666299     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12665-016-5676-4     Document Type: Article

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