Differentiation of wastewater effluent organic matter (EfOM) from natural organic matter (NOM) using multiple analytical techniques

Water Science and Technology

Volumn 57, Issue 7, 2008, Pages 1009-1015

  Nam, Seong Nam ^a   Amy, Gary ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

^b UNESCO IHE INSTITUTE FOR WATER EDUCATION   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Effluent organic matter (EfOM); Natural organic matter (NOM); Wastewater reclamation reuse

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL MATERIALS; FLUORESCENCE; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; POLYSACCHARIDES; PROTEINS;

EFFLUENT ORGANIC MATTER (EFOM); NATURAL ORGANIC MATTER (NOM); WASTEWATER RECLAMATION/REUSE;

WASTEWATER TREATMENT;

CARBOXYLIC ACID; DISSOLVED ORGANIC MATTER; DISSOLVED ORGANIC NITROGEN; EFFLUENT ORGANIC MATTER; NATURAL ORGANIC MATTER; ORGANIC MATTER; POLYSACCHARIDE;

BIOLOGICAL MATERIALS; FLUORESCENCE; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; POLYSACCHARIDES; PROTEINS; WASTEWATER TREATMENT;

ANALYTICAL FRAMEWORK; CHROMATOGRAPHY; DISSOLVED ORGANIC NITROGEN; EFFLUENT; ORGANIC MATTER; PROTEIN; WASTEWATER;

ANALYTIC METHOD; ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; FLUORESCENCE; FLUORESCENCE EXCITATION EMISSION MATRIX; FLUORESCENCE INDEX; GEL PERMEATION CHROMATOGRAPHY; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; WASTE WATER MANAGEMENT;

BIOLOGICAL PRODUCTS; CHROMATOGRAPHY, GEL; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; NITROGEN; ORGANIC CHEMICALS; SPECTROMETRY, FLUORESCENCE; WASTE DISPOSAL, FLUID;

EID: 43949115570     PISSN: 02731223     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.2166/wst.2008.165     Document Type: Article

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