Occurrence of bromate, chlorite and chlorate in drinking waters disinfected with hypochlorite reagents. Tracing their origins

Science of the Total Environment

Volumn 408, Issue 12, 2010, Pages 2616-2620

  Garcia Villanova, Rafael J ^a   Oliveira Dantas Leite, M Vilani ^a   Hernández Hierro, J Miguel ^a   de Castro Alfageme, Santiago ^b   García Hernández, Cristina ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SALAMANCA   (Spain)

^b Servicio de Programas de Salud y Prevención de la Dirección Técnica de Recursos Humanos y Gestión de Centros Gerencia de Servicios Sociales   (Spain)

Author keywords

Bromate; Calcium hypochlorite; Chlorate; Chlorite; Drinking water; Sodium hypochlorite

Indexed keywords

CALCIUM HYPOCHLORITE; CHLOR-ALKALI; DISINFECTION BY-PRODUCT; DRINKING WATER; HIGH-CONTENT; HYPOCHLORITE SOLUTIONS; MEDIAN VALUE; NO REFERENCES; OZONATED WATER; SCIENTIFIC LITERATURE; SODIUM HYPOCHLORITE SOLUTION; SODIUM HYPOCHLORITES;

CALCIUM; DISINFECTANTS; DISINFECTION; HYDROMETALLURGY; PELLETIZING; SODIUM; WATER CONTENT;

POTABLE WATER;

BROMATE; CALCIUM HYPOCHLORITE; CHLORATE; CHLORITE; DRINKING WATER; HYPOCHLORITE; HYPOCHLORITE SODIUM; INORGANIC SALT; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

BROMIDE; CHLORITE; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); DISINFECTION; DRINKING WATER; WATER TREATMENT;

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISINFECTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPAIN; WATER QUALITY; WATER TREATMENT;

BROMATES; CHLORATES; CHLORIDES; DISINFECTANTS; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; HYPOCHLOROUS ACID; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL; WATER PURIFICATION; WATER SUPPLY;

CASTILLA Y LEON; SPAIN;

EID: 77951767749     PISSN: 00489697     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2010.03.011     Document Type: Article

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