Evaluating Trihalomethane Content in Drinking Water on the Basis of Common Monitoring Parameters: Regression Models

Journal of Environmental Health

Volumn 66, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 9-13

  Espigares, Miguel ^a   Lardelli, Pablo ^b   Ortega, Pedro ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GRANADA   (Spain)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMMONIA; CALCIUM; CHLORINE; DRINKING WATER; MAGNESIUM; NITRATE; NITRITE; PHOSPHATE; SULFATE; TRIHALOMETHANE;

DRINKING WATER;

ALKALINITY; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL COUNT; CHEMICAL OXYGEN DEMAND; COLIFORM BACTERIUM; CONDUCTANCE; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; EVALUATION; FECES ANALYSIS; LINEAR REGRESSION ANALYSIS; PSEUDOMONAS; STREPTOCOCCUS; TURBIDIMETRY; WATER CONTAMINATION; WATER QUALITY; WATER SAMPLING; WATER TREATMENT;

ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; LINEAR MODELS; SPAIN; TRIHALOMETHANES; WATER SUPPLY;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); PSEUDOMONAS; STREPTOCOCCUS;

EID: 0344667763     PISSN: 00220892     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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