Comparative assessment of phthalate removal and risk in biological wastewater treatment systems of developing countries and small communities

Science of the Total Environment

Volumn 569-570, Issue , 2016, Pages 661-671

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

^a INDIAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY ROORKEE   (India)

Author keywords

Fate; Micropollutants; Phthalates; Risk; Seasonal variation; Wastewater treatment

Indexed keywords

ACTIVATED SLUDGE PROCESS; AQUATIC ORGANISMS; BATCH REACTORS; BIOLOGICAL WATER TREATMENT; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; EFFLUENTS; ENDOCRINE DISRUPTERS; ESTERS; LAKES; PLASTIC PRODUCTS; PLASTICIZERS; POTASSIUM COMPOUNDS; RECLAMATION; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK PERCEPTION; RISKS;

BIOLOGICAL WASTE WATER TREATMENT; CONVENTIONAL ACTIVATED SLUDGES; ENDOCRINE DISRUPTING COMPOUND; FATE; MICROPOLLUTANTS; PHTHALATES; SEASONAL VARIATION; UPFLOW ANAEROBIC SLUDGE BLANKETS;

WASTEWATER TREATMENT;

PHTHALIC ACID; PHTHALIC ACID BENZYL BUTYL ESTER; PHTHALIC ACID BIS(2 ETHYLHEXYL) ESTER; PHTHALIC ACID DIBUTYL ESTER; PHTHALIC ACID DIETHYL ESTER; ENDOCRINE DISRUPTOR; PHTHALIC ACID DERIVATIVE;

COMPARATIVE STUDY; DEVELOPING WORLD; PHTHALATE; RISK FACTOR; SEASONAL VARIATION; WASTE TREATMENT; WASTEWATER; WATER TREATMENT;

ACTIVATED SLUDGE; AQUATIC ENVIRONMENT; ARTICLE; BIOTRANSFORMATION; COMMUNITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; EFFLUENT; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK REDUCTION; SEASONAL VARIATION; SEQUENCING BATCH REACTOR; SUMMER; WASTE COMPONENT REMOVAL; WASTE WATER MANAGEMENT; WINTER; ANALYSIS; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DEVICES; INDIA; PROCEDURES; SEASON; SEWAGE; WASTE WATER; WATER POLLUTANT;

DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; ENDOCRINE DISRUPTORS; INDIA; PHTHALIC ACIDS; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEASONS; WASTE DISPOSAL, FLUID; WASTE WATER; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL;

EID: 84976869247     PISSN: 00489697     EISSN: 18791026     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2016.06.182     Document Type: Article

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