Fluctuations of dissolved organic matter in river used for drinking water and impacts on conventional treatment plant performance

Environmental Science and Technology

Volumn 39, Issue 11, 2005, Pages 4258-4264

  Volk, Christian ^a   Kaplan, Louis A ^b   Robinson, Jeff ^c   Johnson, Bruce ^c   Wood, Larry ^c   Zhu, Hai Wei ^d   Lechevallier, Mark ^e  

^a Indiana American Water Company Inc   (United States)

^b STROUD WATER RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

^c Indiana American Water Company Inc   (United States)

^d Sievers Research Inc   (United States)

^e American Water Voorhees   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BYPRODUCTS; CARBOHYDRATES; CARBON; DISINFECTANTS; ODOR CONTROL; ORGANIC SOLVENTS; PH EFFECTS; TASTE CONTROL (WATER TREATMENT); TURBIDITY; WATER TREATMENT PLANTS;

BIODEGRADABLE DOC (BDOC); DISINFECTANT BYPRODUCTS; DISSOLVED ORGANIC CARBON (DOC); NATURAL ORGANIC MATTER (NOM);

POTABLE WATER;

CARBOHYDRATE; DISSOLVED ORGANIC MATTER; DRINKING WATER;

DRINKING WATER; ORGANIC MATTER; WATER TREATMENT;

ALKALINITY; ARTICLE; BIODEGRADATION; CARBON SOURCE; DISINFECTION; EFFLUENT; ENERGY RESOURCE; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; HUMIC SUBSTANCE; MONITORING; ODOR; PH; RIVER; TEMPERATURE; TURBIDITY; ULTRAVIOLET SPECTROSCOPY; VALIDATION PROCESS; WASTE COMPONENT REMOVAL; WASTE WATER TREATMENT PLANT; WATER SAMPLING; WATER SUPPLY;

BIODEGRADATION, ENVIRONMENTAL; CARBOHYDRATES; CARBON; FILTRATION; HUMIC SUBSTANCES; HYDROGEN-ION CONCENTRATION; ORGANIC CHEMICALS; RIVERS; SEASONS; SPECTROPHOTOMETRY, ULTRAVIOLET; WASTE DISPOSAL, FLUID; WATER PURIFICATION; WATER SUPPLY;

EID: 20044386703     PISSN: 0013936X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/es040480k     Document Type: Article

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