A nationwide survey of NDMA in raw and drinking water in Japan

Science of the Total Environment

Volumn 407, Issue 11, 2009, Pages 3540-3545

  Asami, Mari ^a   Oya, Masami ^a   Kosaka, Koji ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (Japan)

Author keywords

Drinking water treatment plants; N nitrosodimethylamine (NDMA); Ozonation; Sewage treatment plants; Source water

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL ACTIVATED CARBONS; CATCHMENT AREAS; DRINKING WATER TREATMENT PLANTS; DRINKING WATERS; HIGH POPULATION DENSITIES; N-NITROSODIMETHYLAMINE (NDMA); OZONATION; PROCESS WATERS; RAW WATERS; RIVER BASINS; RIVER WATER SAMPLES; SOLID-PHASE EXTRACTIONS; SOURCE WATER; TANDEM MASS SPECTROMETRIES; TREATMENT PLANTS; ULTRA PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHIES; WATER SAMPLES;

ACTIVATED CARBON; ACTIVATED CARBON TREATMENT; AMINATION; CATCHMENTS; CHEMICALS REMOVAL (WATER TREATMENT); CHROMATOGRAPHIC ANALYSIS; CONCENTRATION (PROCESS); HIGH PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; MASS SPECTROMETRY; OZONE; OZONE WATER TREATMENT; OZONIZATION; POTABLE WATER; RIVERS; SEWAGE; SEWAGE TREATMENT; SEWAGE TREATMENT PLANTS; SURVEYS; WATER RECYCLING; WATER TREATMENT PLANTS;

EXTRACTION;

ACTIVATED CARBON; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); DRINKING WATER; EXTRACTION METHOD; POPULATION DENSITY; RIVER WATER; WATER TREATMENT;

CHROMATOGRAPHY, LIQUID; DIMETHYLNITROSAMINE; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FRESH WATER; HUMANS; JAPAN; POPULATION DENSITY; TANDEM MASS SPECTROMETRY; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL; WATER PURIFICATION; WATER SUPPLY;

ASIA; EURASIA; FAR EAST; HONSHU; JAPAN; KINKI; YODO RIVER;

EID: 62749122678     PISSN: 00489697     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2009.02.014     Document Type: Article

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