Removal of geosmin and 2-methylisoborneol through biologically active sand filters

International Journal of Environment and Waste Management

Volumn 1, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 311-320

  McDowall, Bridget ^a   Ho, Lionel ^b   Saint, Christopher ^b   Newcombe, Gayle ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ADELAIDE   (Australia)

^b AUSTRALIAN WATER QUALITY CENTRE   (Australia)

Author keywords

2 methylisoborneol; biological filtration; drinking water; geosmin; MIB; sand filtration

Indexed keywords

EID: 58549093304     PISSN: 14789876     EISSN: 14789868     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1504/IJEWM.2007.015685     Document Type: Article

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