Changes in dissolved and particulate copper following mixing of POTW effluents with Delaware River water

Water Research

Volumn 32, Issue 8, 1998, Pages 2413-2421

  Shi, Bo ^a,b   Allen, Herbert E ^a   Grassi, Marco T ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF DELAWARE   (United States)

^b KIMBERLY CLARK CORPORATION   (United States)

^c FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF MARANHÃO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Copper; Effluent; Partitioning; Receiving water; Suspended particulate matter

Indexed keywords

COPPER; EFFLUENTS; MIXING; PARTICLES (PARTICULATE MATTER); PH; RIVERS; STATISTICAL TESTS; WATER QUALITY;

DELAWARE RIVER; SUSPENDED PARTICULATE MATTER;

WATER POLLUTION;

COPPER; RIVER WATER;

ARTICLE; EFFLUENT; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; PH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SUSPENDED PARTICULATE MATTER; UNITED STATES; WATER POLLUTION; WATER QUALITY;

EID: 0032146695     PISSN: 00431354     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0043-1354(97)00463-6     Document Type: Article

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