Sensory and chemical analysis methods for earthy and musty odours in drinking water caused by geosmin and 2-methylisoborneol

Water Science and Technology: Water Supply

Volumn 6, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 147-155

  Wang, Z ^a,b   Suffet, I H ^b   Al Samarrai, ^b  

^a NANJING UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

2 methylisoborneol; Chemical analysis; Drinking water; Earthy and musty odours; Geosmin; Sensory properties; Water matrix effects

Indexed keywords

CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; POTABLE WATER; WATER ANALYSIS; WATER QUALITY;

MUSTY ODORS; SENSORY PROPERTIES; WATER MATRIX EFFECTS;

WATER POLLUTION;

2 METHYLISOBORNEOL; DRINKING WATER; GEOSMIN;

CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; POTABLE WATER; WATER ANALYSIS; WATER POLLUTION; WATER QUALITY;

ALCOHOL; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; DRINKING WATER; ODOR; TASTE; WATER QUALITY;

ANALYTIC METHOD; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; CHLORINATION; CONFERENCE PAPER; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY; ODOR; ODOR CONTROL; SENSORY ANALYSIS; WATER QUALITY; WATER SAMPLING; WATER TREATMENT;

EID: 33845239022     PISSN: 16069749     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.2166/ws.2006.732     Document Type: Conference Paper

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