Formation of organic chloramines during water disinfection - chlorination versus chloramination

Water Research

Volumn 43, Issue 8, 2009, Pages 2233-2239

  Lee, Wontae ^a   Westerhoff, Paul ^b  

^a HDR ENGINEERING INC   (United States)

^b Arizona State University   (United States)

Author keywords

Chloramination; Chlorination; Disinfection; Organic chloramines; Organic nitrogen

Indexed keywords

AMINATION; AMINES; BIOLOGICAL MATERIALS; CHLORINATION; CHLORINE; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; ORGANIC CARBON; WATER ANALYSIS; WATER TREATMENT;

CHLORAMINATION; DISSOLVED ORGANIC NITROGEN; FREE CHLORINE; MONOCHLORAMINE; NATURAL ORGANIC MATTERS; ORGANIC CHLORAMINE; ORGANIC NITROGEN; ORGANIC NITROGEN COMPOUNDS; ORGANICS; WATER DISINFECTIONS;

DISINFECTION;

AMMONIA; CHLORINE; DISSOLVED ORGANIC MATTER; DRINKING WATER; MONOCHLORAMINE; NATURAL ORGANIC MATTER; ORGANIC COMPOUND; SURFACE WATER; TOSYLCHLORAMIDE SODIUM;

CHLORINATION; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); DISINFECTION; DISSOLVED ORGANIC CARBON; DISSOLVED ORGANIC NITROGEN; ORGANIC NITROGEN; WATER TREATMENT;

ARTICLE; CHLORAMINATION; CHLORINATION; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONTROLLED STUDY; DISINFECTION; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; PH MEASUREMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; WATER TREATMENT;

EID: 64749090983     PISSN: 00431354     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.watres.2009.02.009     Document Type: Article

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