Effects of indoor drinking water handling on trihalomethanes and haloacetic acids

Water Research

Volumn 40, Issue 15, 2006, Pages 2921-2930

  Levesque, Steven ^a   Rodriguez, Manuel J ^a   Serodes, Jean ^a   Beaulieu, Christine ^a   Proulx, François ^b  

^a UNIVERSITÉ LAVAL   (Canada)

^b Service de l'Environnement   (Canada)

Author keywords

Boiling water; Disinfection by products; Drinking water; Exposure; Haloacetic acids; Point of use devices; Tap water handling; Trihalomethanes; Water refrigeration

Indexed keywords

BOILING LIQUIDS; CONCENTRATION (PROCESS); FILTRATION; HEALTH CARE; ORGANIC ACIDS; REFRIGERATORS;

DISINFECTION BYPRODUCTS; EXPOSURE; HALOACETIC ACIDS; POINT-OF-USE DEVICES; TAP WATER HANDLING; TRIHALOMETHANES; WATER REFRIGERATION;

POTABLE WATER;

ACETIC ACID DERIVATIVE; DICHLOROACETIC ACID; DRINKING WATER; HALOACETIC ACID; TAP WATER; TRICHLOROACETIC ACID; TRIHALOMETHANE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

BOILING LIQUIDS; CONCENTRATION (PROCESS); FILTRATION; HEALTH CARE; ORGANIC ACIDS; POTABLE WATER; REFRIGERATORS;

CHEMICAL COMPOUND; DRINKING WATER; ORGANIC ACID; SPATIAL VARIATION; TEMPORAL VARIATION; WATER STORAGE;

ARTICLE; CHLORINATION; FILTRATION; FLUID INTAKE; MICROBIAL CONTAMINATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REFRIGERATOR; RISK ASSESSMENT; STORAGE; WATER QUALITY; WATER SAMPLING; WATER SUPPLY; WATER TREATMENT;

CANADA; NORTH AMERICA;

EID: 33746681859     PISSN: 00431354     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.watres.2006.06.004     Document Type: Article

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