Monitoring natural organic matter and disinfection by-products at different stages in two South African water treatment plants

Water SA

Volumn 35, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 121-128

  Mamba, B B ^a   Krause, R W ^a   Matsebula, B ^a   Haarhoff, J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF JOHANNESBURG   (South Africa)

Author keywords

cyclodextrin polyurethanes; Natural organic matter; Total organic carbon

Indexed keywords

ABSORBANCE; ALIPHATIC COMPOUNDS; AROMATICITY; AT WAVELENGTHS; CHEMICAL-OXYGEN DEMANDS; DISINFECTION BY-PRODUCTS; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY-MASS SPECTROMETRIES; HALOMETHANE COMPOUNDS; NATURAL ORGANIC MATTER; NATURAL SURFACES; ORGANIC MATERIALS; SOUTH AFRICA; TOTAL ORGANIC CARBON; TREATMENT PROCESS; TREATMENT TECHNIQUES; TRIHALOMETHANES; ULTRA VIOLETS; UV-ABSORBANCE; WATER SAMPLES; WATER TREATMENT PROCESS;

BIOGEOCHEMISTRY; BIOLOGICAL MATERIALS; CHEMICAL OXYGEN DEMAND; CHLORINE; CHROMATOGRAPHIC ANALYSIS; DATA STORAGE EQUIPMENT; DISINFECTION; FIRE HAZARDS; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY; HIGH PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; MASS SPECTROMETRY; ORGANIC CARBON; OXYGEN; POLYMERS; POLYURETHANES; PROJECTILES; TURBIDITY; WATER RECYCLING; WATER SUPPLY; WATER TREATMENT PLANTS;

CHEMICALS REMOVAL (WATER TREATMENT);

CHEMICAL OXYGEN DEMAND; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); DISINFECTION; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY; MASS SPECTROMETRY; ORGANIC ACID; ORGANIC CARBON; POLLUTANT REMOVAL; SURFACE WATER; ULTRAVIOLET RADIATION; WATER SUPPLY; WATER TREATMENT;

EID: 64549104542     PISSN: 03784738     EISSN: 18167950     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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