Testing the equivalency of ultraviolet light and chlorine for disinfection of wastewater to reclamation standards

Water Environment Research

Volumn 69, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 14-24

  Oppenheimer, Joan A ^a   Jacangelo, Joseph G ^b   Laîné, Jean Michel ^c   Hoagland, John E ^d  

^a MWH AMERICAS INC   (United States)

^b Applied Research Department   (United States)

^c Lyonnaise des Eaux   (France)

^d Elsinore Valley Munic Water Dist   (Denmark)

Author keywords

byproducts; chlorine; disinfection; reclamation; toxicity; ultraviolet

Indexed keywords

ALDEHYDES; BACTERIOPHAGES; BYPRODUCTS; CHLORINATION; COLIFORM BACTERIA; EFFLUENT TREATMENT; HALOGEN COMPOUNDS; STANDARDS; TOXICITY; ULTRAVIOLET RADIATION; WASTEWATER RECLAMATION;

CERIODAPHNIA DUBIA; CHRONIC TOXICITY; ENTEROCOCCI; FECAL COLIFORMS; FECAL STREPTOCOCCI; HETEROTROPHIC PLATE COUNT; POLIOVIRUS; TRIHALOMETHANES;

DISINFECTION;

ALDEHYDE DERIVATIVE; CHLORINE; CHLOROFORM; TRIHALOMETHANE;

ARTICLE; CHLORINATION; DISINFECTION; EFFLUENT; FECES MICROFLORA; NONHUMAN; POLIOMYELITIS VIRUS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TOXICITY TESTING; ULTRAVIOLET IRRADIATION; WASTE WATER MANAGEMENT; WATER QUALITY; WATER SAMPLING;

EID: 0031033294     PISSN: 10614303     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2175/106143097X125137     Document Type: Article

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