Assessing water quality of drinking water distribution system in the South Taiwan

Environmental Monitoring and Assessment

Volumn 134, Issue 1-3, 2007, Pages 343-354

  Lou, Jie Chung ^a   Han, Jia Yun ^a  

^a NATIONAL SUN YAT SEN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Distribution system; Drinking water quality; Free available chlorine contour map; TTHMs contour map

Indexed keywords

BIOFILMS; CHLORINATION; CHLORINE; POTABLE WATER; WATER ANALYSIS; WATER DISTRIBUTION SYSTEMS; WATER PIPELINES;

CONTOUR MAPS; WATER QUALITY DECAY;

WATER QUALITY;

CHLORINE; DRINKING WATER;

CONTOUR MAP; DRINKING WATER; WATER QUALITY; WATER SUPPLY; WATER TREATMENT;

ARTICLE; BIOFILM; CHLORINATION; CITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; PIPELINE; TAIWAN; WATER QUALITY; WATER SUPPLY; WATER TREATMENT;

CHLORINE; DISINFECTANTS; ENTEROBACTERIACEAE; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; TAIWAN; TRIHALOMETHANES; WATER POLLUTANTS; WATER SUPPLY;

ASIA; EURASIA; FAR EAST; KAOHSIUNG; TAIWAN;

EID: 35848936919     PISSN: 01676369     EISSN: 15732959     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10661-007-9625-2     Document Type: Article

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