Neutral degradates of chloroacetamide herbicides: Occurrence in drinking water and removal during conventional water treatment

Water Research

Volumn 42, Issue 20, 2008, Pages 4905-4914

  Hladik, Michelle L ^a   Bouwer, Edward J ^a   Roberts, A Lynn ^a  

^a The Johns Hopkins University   (United States)

Author keywords

Acetochlor; Alachlor; Atrazine; Dimethenamid; Metolachlor; Triazines

Indexed keywords

ACTIVATED CARBON; HERBICIDES; POTABLE WATER; SPRINGS (WATER); WEED CONTROL;

ACETOCHLOR; ALACHLOR; DIMETHENAMID; METOLACHLORS; TRIAZINES;

ACTIVATED CARBON TREATMENT;

2 AMINO 4 CHLORO 6 ETHYLAMINO 1,3,5 TRIAZINE; ACETANILIDE DERIVATIVE; ACETOCHLOR; ACTIVATED CARBON; ALACHLOR; ANILINE DERIVATIVE; ATRAZINE; CHLOROACETAMIDE; CYANAZINE; DRINKING WATER; HERBICIDE; METOLACHLOR; SIMAZINE; TRIAZINE DERIVATIVE;

ACTIVATED CARBON; DEGRADATION; DRINKING WATER; HERBICIDE; POLLUTANT REMOVAL; WATER TREATMENT;

ARTICLE; AUTUMN; CHLORINATION; DEGRADATION KINETICS; OZONATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPRING; UNITED STATES; WATER QUALITY; WATER SAMPLING; WATER SUPPLY; WATER TREATMENT;

EID: 56949097907     PISSN: 00431354     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.watres.2008.09.008     Document Type: Article

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