Evaluation of the quality of drinking water in regions of Greece

Desalination

Volumn 224, Issue 1-3, 2008, Pages 317-329

  Karavoltsos, Sotirios ^a   Sakellari, Aikaterini ^a   Mihopoulos, Nikolaos ^b   Dassenakis, Manos ^a   Scoullos, Michael J ^a  

^a Nuclear Chemistry Laboratory   (Greece)

^b General Chemical State Laboratory   (Greece)

Author keywords

Anions; Cations; Chemical quality; Distribution networks; Drinking water; Greece; Heavy metals

Indexed keywords

GROUNDWATER POLLUTION; HEAVY METALS; NEGATIVE IONS; POSITIVE IONS; POTABLE WATER; WATER ANALYSIS; WATER SUPPLY SYSTEMS;

CHEMICAL QUALITY; PHYSICOCHEMICAL PARAMETER;

WATER QUALITY;

GROUNDWATER POLLUTION; HEAVY METALS; NEGATIVE IONS; POSITIVE IONS; POTABLE WATER; WATER ANALYSIS; WATER QUALITY; WATER SUPPLY SYSTEMS;

ANION; CATION; DRINKING WATER; HEAVY METAL; PH; PHYSICOCHEMICAL PROPERTY; WATER POLLUTION; WATER QUALITY; WATER SUPPLY; WATER TREATMENT;

EURASIA; EUROPE; GREECE; SOUTHERN EUROPE;

EID: 38849112447     PISSN: 00119164     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.desal.2007.06.013     Document Type: Article

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