NEWater-multi safety barrier approach for indirect potable use

Water Science and Technology: Water Supply

Volumn 8, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 573-582

  Seah, Harry ^a,b   Tan, T P ^b   Chong, M L ^b   Leong, J ^b  

^a Technology and Water Quality Office   (Singapore)

^b Public Utilities Board Singapore   (Singapore)

Author keywords

Indirect potable use; Multi safety barriers; NEWater

Indexed keywords

CONVENTIONAL WATER TREATMENTS; DESALINATED WATERS; EFFECT OF WATERS; EMERGING CONTAMINANTS; INDIRECT POTABLE USE; INDUSTRIAL PROCESS; MULTI SAFETY BARRIERS; NATURAL ATTENUATIONS; NEWATER; RE-CLAIMED WATERS; SAND FILTRATIONS; SMALL ISLANDS; SOURCE CONTROLS; ULTRA VIOLETS; WAFER FABRICATIONS; WATER CONSUMPTION; WATER QUALITY MONITORING; WATER QUALITY TESTS; WATER SUSTAINABILITY;

CATCHMENTS; CHEMICAL WATER TREATMENT; CHEMICALS REMOVAL (WATER TREATMENT); COAGULATION; DISINFECTION; FLOCCULATION; MICROFILTRATION; PHILOSOPHICAL ASPECTS; POROUS MATERIALS; POTABLE WATER; RESERVOIRS (WATER); REVERSE OSMOSIS; SALVAGING; SURFACE TREATMENT; WASTEWATER; WASTEWATER RECLAMATION; WASTEWATER TREATMENT; WATER CONSERVATION; WATER POLLUTION; WATER QUALITY; WATER RECYCLING; WATER SUPPLY; WATER TREATMENT; WATER TREATMENT PLANTS;

WATER FILTRATION;

BIOFILTRATION; COAGULATION; DESALINATION; DISINFECTION; DOMESTIC WASTE; DRINKING WATER; OSMOSIS; SANITATION; SUSTAINABILITY; WASTEWATER; WATER QUALITY; WATER USE; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

ASIA; EURASIA; MALAYSIA; SINGAPORE [SOUTHEAST ASIA]; SOUTHEAST ASIA;

EID: 58849084659     PISSN: 16069749     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.2166/ws.2008.130     Document Type: Article

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