Trihalomethanes in the drinking water of concepción and Talcahuano, Chile

Water and Environment Journal

Volumn 23, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 286-292

  Loyola Sepulveda, Rodrigo ^a   Lopez Leal, Gonzalo ^a   Munoz, Jorge ^a   Bravo Linares, Claudio ^b   Mudge, Stephen M ^c  

^a UNIVERSIDAD CATÓLICA DE LA SANTÍSIMA CONCEPCIÓN   (Chile)

^b UNIVERSIDAD AUSTRAL DE CHILE   (Chile)

^c BANGOR UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

B o B o river; Chloroform; Dibromochloromethane; Dichlorobromomethane; Disinfection by products; Halocarbons; Solid phase microextraction (SPME); THMs

Indexed keywords

BROMOFORM; CENTRAL CHILE; CONCENTRATION RANGES; DICHLOROBROMOMETHANE; DISINFECTION BY-PRODUCT; DRINKING WATER; FREE CHLORINE; GOOD CORRELATIONS; HALOCARBONS; INVERSE CORRELATION; MAXIMAL VALUES; REFERENCE VALUES; RESIDENCE TIME; SOLID-PHASE MICROEXTRACTION; TOXICITY INDEX; TREATMENT PLANTS; TRIHALOMETHANES; WATER DEMAND; WATER DISINFECTIONS;

CHEMICALS REMOVAL (WATER TREATMENT); CHLORINE; CHLORINE COMPOUNDS; DISINFECTION; POTABLE WATER;

EXTRACTION;

BROMODICHLOROMETHANE; CHLORINE; CHLOROFORM; DIBROMOCHLOROMETHANE; DRINKING WATER; TRIHALOMETHANE;

CHLOROFORM; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); CORRELATION; DECHLORINATION; DISINFECTION; DRINKING WATER; EXTRACTION METHOD; HALOCARBON; METHANE; RESIDENCE TIME;

ARTICLE; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; CHILE; DISINFECTION; MASS FRAGMENTOGRAPHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RIVER; SOLID PHASE MICROEXTRACTION; WASTE WATER MANAGEMENT; WATER DISINFECTION; WATER QUALITY; WATER SAMPLING;

BIO BIO; CHILE; CONCEPCION [BIO BIO]; SOUTH AMERICA; TALCAHUANO;

EID: 71149119798     PISSN: 17476585     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1747-6593.2008.00140.x     Document Type: Article

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