Trihalomethane reactivity of water- and sodium hydroxide-extractable organic carbon fractions from peat soil

Journal of Environmental Quality

Volumn 35, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 114-121

  Chow, Alex T ^a   Guo, Fengmao ^b   Gao, Suduan ^c   Breuer, Richard S ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b CALIFORNIA DEPARTMENT OF WATER RESOURCES   (United States)

^c AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH SERVICE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARBON; POTABLE WATER; SODIUM COMPOUNDS; SOILS; WATER;

ORGANIC CARBON; TRIHALOMETHANE REACTIVITY; ULTRAVIOLET ABSORBANCE;

METHANE;

CHLORINE; DRINKING WATER; FULVIC ACID; HUMIC ACID; ORGANIC CARBON; PEAT; SODIUM HYDROXIDE; SOIL ORGANIC MATTER; TRIHALOMETHANE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; WATER;

ARTICLE; CHLORINATION; DEIONIZED WATER; DISINFECTION; EXTRACTION; FRACTIONATION; LIGHT ABSORPTION; PREDICTION; SOIL; SOIL ANALYSIS; UNITED STATES; WATER TREATMENT;

CARBON; ORGANIC CHEMICALS; SODIUM HYDROXIDE; SOIL; SPECTROPHOTOMETRY, ULTRAVIOLET; TRIHALOMETHANES;

EID: 31844457065     PISSN: 00472425     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2134/jeq2004.0394     Document Type: Article

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