Volatile halogenated organics in the water supply system in Athens, Greece

Water Research

Volumn 32, Issue 6, 1998, Pages 1811-1818

  Golfinopoulos, Spyros K ^a   Kostopoulou, Maria N ^a   Lekkas, Themistokles D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE AEGEAN   (Greece)

Author keywords

Chlorination; Drinking water; Trihalomethanes; Volatile halogenated organics

Indexed keywords

CHLORINATION; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY; GEOGRAPHICAL REGIONS; HALOGEN COMPOUNDS; POTABLE WATER; SAMPLING; VOLATILE ORGANIC COMPOUNDS; WATER ANALYSIS;

GREECE; TRIHALOMETHANES; VOLATILE HALOGENATED ORGANICS;

WATER SUPPLY SYSTEMS;

BROMODICHLOROMETHANE; CHLOROFORM; DIBROMOCHLOROMETHANE; DRINKING WATER; TETRACHLOROETHYLENE; TRIHALOMETHANE;

DRINKING WATER; POLLUTANT; WATER SUPPLY;

ARTICLE; CHLORINATION; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY; GREECE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; WATER ANALYSIS; WATER CONTAMINATION; WATER SAMPLING; WATER SUPPLY; WATER TREATMENT;

EID: 0032104285     PISSN: 00431354     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0043-1354(97)00404-1     Document Type: Article

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