Identification of a woody-hay odor-causing compound in a drinking water supply

Water Science and Technology

Volumn 40, Issue 6, 1999, Pages 273-278

  Young, Connie C ^a   Suffet, I H ^a   Crozes, Gil ^b   Bruchet, August ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b CAROLLO ENGINEERS   (United States)

^c Lyonnaise des Eaux   (France)

Author keywords

cyclocitral; Earthy odor; Flavor profile analysis; Geosmin; Hay odor; Woody odor

Indexed keywords

GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY; MASS SPECTROMETRY; ODOR CONTROL; POTABLE WATER; TASTE CONTROL (WATER TREATMENT); WATER ANALYSIS; WATER QUALITY;

EARTHY ODORS; FLAVOR PROFILE ANALYSIS; GEOSMIN; HAY ODORS; WEBER-FECHNER PLOTS; WOODY ODORS;

WATER DISTRIBUTION SYSTEMS;

BETA CYCLOCITRAL; DRINKING WATER; GEOSMIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

CONFERENCE PAPER; FLAVOR; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY; LAKE; MASS SPECTROMETRY; ODOR; UNITED STATES; WATER CONTAMINATION;

EID: 0032860901     PISSN: 02731223     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1016/S0273-1223(99)00568-5     Document Type: Conference Paper

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