Suspensoids in New York City's drinking water reservoirs: Turbidity apportionment

Journal of the American Water Resources Association

Volumn 38, Issue 5, 2002, Pages 1453-1465

  Peng, Feng ^a,b   Johnson, David L ^a,b   Effler, Steven W ^a,b  

^a STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

^b UPSTATE FRESHWATER INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

Individual particle analysis; Light scattering; Scanning electron microscopy; Suspended particulates; Turbidity modeling and apportionment; Water quality

Indexed keywords

MICROANALYSIS; POTABLE WATER; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; SILICATES; TURBIDITY; X RAY ANALYSIS;

TRIBUTARIES;

RESERVOIRS (WATER);

DRINKING WATER; RESERVOIR; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; SUSPENDED PARTICULATE MATTER; TURBIDITY; WATER QUALITY;

NEW YORK; NEW YORK CITY; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0036810681     PISSN: 1093474X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1752-1688.2002.tb04358.x     Document Type: Article

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