Models for predicting disinfection byproduct (DBP) formation in drinking waters: A chronological review

Science of the Total Environment

Volumn 407, Issue 14, 2009, Pages 4189-4206

  Chowdhury, Shakhawat ^a   Champagne, Pascale ^a   McLellan, P James ^a  

^a QUEEN S UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

DBP formation; Model review; Model variables; Natural organic matter (NOM); Predictive models

Indexed keywords

BEST MANAGEMENT PRACTICES; CANCER RISK; CHRONIC EXPOSURE; DBP FORMATION; DISINFECTION BY-PRODUCT; DISINFECTION BYPRODUCTS; DRINKING WATER; FIELD-SCALE EXPERIMENTS; HUMAN HEALTH; INDOOR ACTIVITIES; INHALATION AND DERMAL CONTACT; MODEL VARIABLES; NATURAL ORGANIC MATTER (NOM); NATURAL ORGANIC MATTERS; PREDICTIVE MODELS; RESEARCH NEEDS; SAFE DRINKING WATER; SCIENTIFIC PUBLICATIONS; SYNTHETIC WATERS;

BIOGEOCHEMISTRY; BIOLOGICAL MATERIALS; BYPRODUCTS; DISINFECTION; FUMIGATION; HEALTH RISKS; ORGANIC COMPOUNDS; PREDICTIVE CONTROL SYSTEMS; WATER ANALYSIS; WATER SUPPLY; WATER SUPPLY SYSTEMS;

POTABLE WATER;

ACETIC ACID DERIVATIVE; ACETONITRILE DERIVATIVE; ALDEHYDE DERIVATIVE; BROMATE; CARBOXYLIC ACID DERIVATIVE; CHLORAL HYDRATE; CHLORATE; CHLORINE; CHLORINE DIOXIDE; DISINFECTANT AGENT; DRINKING WATER; HALOKETONE; NITROSAMINE; OZONE; TRIHALOMETHANE;

BEST MANAGEMENT PRACTICE; CHRONOLOGY; DISINFECTION; DRINKING WATER; LABORATORY METHOD; MODELING; ORGANIC MATTER; RESEARCH; WATER SUPPLY;

CARCINOGENICITY; CHLORINATION; DISINFECTION; HEALTH HAZARD; HUMAN; MODEL; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; TOXICITY TESTING; ULTRAVIOLET RADIATION; WATER ANALYSIS; WATER QUALITY; WATER TREATMENT;

DISINFECTANTS; MODELS, THEORETICAL; WATER SUPPLY;

EID: 65649145774     PISSN: 00489697     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2009.04.006     Document Type: Review

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