Occurrence of disinfection byproducts in United States wastewater treatment plant effluents

Environmental Science and Technology

Volumn 43, Issue 21, 2009, Pages 8320-8325

  Krasner, Stuart W ^a   Westerhoff, Paul ^b   Chen, Baiyang ^b,e   Rittmann, Bruce E ^c   Amy, Gary ^d  

^a Water Quality Laboratory   (United States)

^b Arizona State University   (United States)

^c ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d KING ABDULLAH UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Saudi Arabia)

^e Chinese Environmental Scholars and Professionals Network   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DISINFECTION BY-PRODUCT; DISINFECTION BYPRODUCTS; FREE CHLORINE; HALOACETALDEHYDES; HALOACETONITRILES; HEALTH CONCERNS; LOW LEVEL; NITRIFIED EFFLUENTS; TREATED WASTEWATER; TRIHALOMETHANES; WASTEWATER TREATMENT PLANT EFFLUENT; WASTEWATER TREATMENT PLANTS; WWTP EFFLUENT;

AMINES; AMINO ACIDS; BROMINE; CHLORINATION; CHLORINE; DISINFECTION; EFFLUENTS; ORGANIC ACIDS; POTABLE WATER; SAND AND GRAVEL PLANTS; SEWAGE PUMPING PLANTS; TOXICITY; WASTEWATER; WASTEWATER RECLAMATION; WATER RECYCLING; WATER SUPPLY; WATER TREATMENT PLANTS;

WASTEWATER TREATMENT;

ACETIC ACID DERIVATIVE; AMINO ACID; BROMINE; CHLORINE; HALIDE; TOSYLCHLORAMIDE SODIUM;

ACETIC ACID; CHLORINATION; CHLORINE; EFFLUENT; NITRIFICATION; PUBLIC HEALTH; WASTE TREATMENT; WASTEWATER; WATER SUPPLY;

ARTICLE; CHLORINATION; DISINFECTION; EFFLUENT; NITRIFICATION; OXIDATION; WASTE WATER MANAGEMENT; WATER QUALITY; WATER SUPPLY;

ACETALDEHYDE; BROMINE; CHLORAMINES; CHLORINE; DIMETHYLNITROSAMINE; DISINFECTION; HYDROCARBONS, HALOGENATED; NITROSAMINES; OXIDATION-REDUCTION; TRIHALOMETHANES; UNITED STATES; WASTE DISPOSAL, FLUID; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL; WATER PURIFICATION;

EID: 70350767352     PISSN: 0013936X     EISSN: 15205851     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/es901611m     Document Type: Article

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