Efficient taste and odour removal by water treatment plants around the Han River water supply system

Water Science and Technology

Volumn 55, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 103-109

  Ahn, H ^a   Chae, S ^a,c   Kim, S ^a   Wang, C ^b   Summers, R S ^c  

^a Korea Water Resources Corporation   (South Korea)

^b Chungnam National University   (South Korea)

^c University of Colorado at Boulder   (United States)

Author keywords

Biotreatment; GAC; Geosmin; Methylisoborneol; Ozone; Taste and odour

Indexed keywords

ACTIVATED CARBON TREATMENT; ADSORPTION; BIODEGRADATION; BIOLOGICAL WATER TREATMENT; ODOR REMOVAL; OXIDATION; OZONIZATION; POTABLE WATER; TASTE CONTROL (WATER TREATMENT); WATER SUPPLY SYSTEMS;

ADSORPTION CAPACITY; GEOSMIN; GRANULAR ACTIVATED CARBON; METHYLISOBORNEOL; POWDER ACTIVATED CARBON;

WATER TREATMENT PLANTS;

2 METHYLISOBORNEOL; ACTIVATED CARBON; GEOSMIN; OZONE;

ACTIVATED CARBON TREATMENT; ADSORPTION; BIODEGRADATION; BIOLOGICAL WATER TREATMENT; ODOR REMOVAL; OXIDATION; OZONIZATION; POTABLE WATER; TASTE CONTROL (WATER TREATMENT); WATER SUPPLY SYSTEMS; WATER TREATMENT PLANTS;

ACTIVATED CARBON; ADSORPTION; BIODEGRADATION; DRINKING WATER; ODOR; OXIDATION; OZONE; POLLUTANT REMOVAL; TASTE; WATER MANAGEMENT; WATER SUPPLY; WATER TREATMENT;

ADSORPTION; BIODEGRADATION; CONFERENCE PAPER; ODOR; OXIDATION; OZONATION; RIVER; SOUTH KOREA; TASTE; WASTE WATER TREATMENT PLANT; WATER SUPPLY; WATER TREATMENT;

ADSORPTION; BIODEGRADATION, ENVIRONMENTAL; BORNANES; CARBON; KOREA; NAPHTHOLS; ODORS; OXYGEN; OZONE; RIVERS; TIME FACTORS; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL; WATER PURIFICATION; WATER SUPPLY;

ASIA; EURASIA; FAR EAST; HAN RIVER [SOUTH KOREA]; KOREA; SEOUL [SOUTH KOREA]; SOUTH KOREA;

EID: 34247517774     PISSN: 02731223     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.2166/wst.2007.168     Document Type: Conference Paper

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