Enhanced coagulation under changing alkalinity-hardness conditions and its implications on trihalomethane precursors removal and relationship with UV absorbance

Separation and Purification Technology

Volumn 55, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 368-380

  Iriarte Velasco, Unai ^a   Álvarez Uriarte, Jon I ^a   González Velasco, Juan R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE BASQUE COUNTRY UPV EHU   (Spain)

Author keywords

BIF; Drinking water; Enhanced coagulation; NOM; Spectrophotometric surrogates; Trihalomethanes

Indexed keywords

ALKALINITY; CHEMICALS REMOVAL (WATER TREATMENT); COAGULATION; LIGHT ABSORPTION; SURFACE WATERS; ULTRAVIOLET RADIATION;

ALUMINIUM SULPHATE; BROMINE INCORPORATION FACTOR (BIF); COAGULANTS; NATURAL ORGANIC MATTER (NOM); POLYALUMINIUM CHLORIDE; TRIHALOMETHANE;

CHEMICAL WATER TREATMENT;

EID: 34248197574     PISSN: 13835866     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.seppur.2006.12.022     Document Type: Article

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