Removal of taste and odour from potable water by ozone and Powdered Activated Carbon (PAC)

International Journal of Environment and Waste Management

Volumn 5, Issue 3-4, 2010, Pages 392-409

  Andreadakis, Andreas D ^a   Mamais, Daniel ^a   Gavalakis, Evina A ^b   Noutsopoulos, Constantinos ^a   Kouris, Nikos ^a   Nikitopoulos, Georgios ^a  

^a NATIONAL TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS   (Greece)

^b EMVIS Consulting Engineers   (Greece)

Author keywords

2 MIB; Activated Carbon; Geosmin; Odour; Ozonation; Potable water; Taste

Indexed keywords

ACTIVATED CARBON; ODORS; OZONE; OZONE WATER TREATMENT; OZONIZATION;

2-MIB; ADSORPTIVE CAPACITY; EXPERIMENTAL EVIDENCE; GEOSMIN; ODOUR VALUE; POWDERED ACTIVATED CARBON; TASTE; TASTE AND ODOUR;

POTABLE WATER;

EID: 77951469554     PISSN: 14789876     EISSN: 14789868     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1504/IJEWM.2010.032016     Document Type: Article

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