Laboratory studies investigating the processes leading to discolouration in water distribution networks

Water Research

Volumn 42, Issue 16, 2008, Pages 4309-4318

  Husband, P S ^a   Boxall, J B ^a   Saul, A J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Cohesive layers; Discolouration; Shear stress

Indexed keywords

BINARY ALLOYS; DISCOLORATION; EROSION; FLOW PATTERNS; HYDRANTS; POTABLE WATER; POTASSIUM ALLOYS; SHEAR STRESS; URANIUM ALLOYS;

COHESIVE LAYER; DISTRIBUTION MAIN; HYDRAULIC CONDITIONS; LABORATORY EXPERIMENTS; LABORATORY STUDIES; PARTICLE CHARACTERISTICS; STRENGTH CHARACTERISTICS; WATER DISTRIBUTION NETWORKS;

WATER DISTRIBUTION SYSTEMS;

DRINKING WATER; IRON; MANGANESE;

COLOR; EMPIRICAL ANALYSIS; EROSION; FLOW PATTERN; IRON; LABORATORY METHOD; MANGANESE; NUMERICAL MODEL; POLLUTANT REMOVAL; SEDIMENT TRANSPORT; SHEAR STRESS; WATER TREATMENT;

ARTICLE; HYDRAULIC CONDUCTIVITY; PARTICLE SIZE; PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY; POLLUTION TRANSPORT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEDIMENT; SEDIMENT TRANSPORT; SHEAR STRESS; TURBIDITY; WATER FLOW; WATER QUALITY;

EID: 52949096878     PISSN: 00431354     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.watres.2008.07.026     Document Type: Article

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