Modeling and testing of reactive contaminant transport in drinking water pipes: Chlorine response and implications for online contaminant detection

Water Research

Volumn 42, Issue 6-7, 2008, Pages 1397-1412

  Jeffrey Yang, Y ^a   Goodrich, James A ^a   Clark, Robert M ^b   Li, Sylvana Y ^c  

^a U S ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY   (United States)

^b US Department of Agriculture ^*  (United States)

^c Washington DC   (United States)

Author keywords

Adaptive early warning; Aldicarb; Chlorination; Chlorine residual loss; Contaminant detection; Convection dispersion reaction model; Drinking water quality; Water distribution

Indexed keywords

CONCENTRATION (PROCESS); DISINFECTANTS; POTABLE WATER; REACTION RATES; TIME SERIES ANALYSIS; TURBULENT FLOW; WATER PIPELINES;

ADAPTIVE EARLY WARNING; CHLORINE RESIDUAL LOSS; CONTAMINANT DETECTION; DRINKING WATER QUALITY;

IMPURITIES;

ALDICARB; CHLORINE; DRINKING WATER; FLUORIDE SODIUM; PESTICIDE;

CONCENTRATION (PROCESS); DISINFECTANTS; IMPURITIES; POTABLE WATER; REACTION RATES; TIME SERIES ANALYSIS; TURBULENT FLOW; WATER PIPELINES;

CHLORINE; DRINKING WATER; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; GEOMETRY; NUMERICAL MODEL; PIPE; POLLUTANT TRANSPORT; TIME SERIES;

ARTICLE; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; ONLINE SYSTEM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; WATER ANALYSIS; WATER CONTAMINATION; WATER POLLUTANT;

EID: 40749128503     PISSN: 00431354     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.watres.2007.10.009     Document Type: Article

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