Temperature dependence of chemical and microbiological chloramine decay in bulk waters of distribution system

Water Science and Technology: Water Supply

Volumn 9, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 493-499

  Sathasivan, Arumugam ^a   Chiang, Jacob ^a   Nolan, Paul ^b  

^a CURTIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b Water Corporation Leederville   (Australia)

Author keywords

Chemical chloramine decay; Chloramine decay; Distribution system; Microbial chloramine decay; Microbiological decay factor

Indexed keywords

TEMPERATURE DISTRIBUTION; WATER QUALITY;

ARRHENIUS EQUATION; CHLORAMINE DECAYS; DECAY FACTOR; DISTRIBUTION SYSTEMS; EFFECT OF TEMPERATURE; MICROBIOLOGICAL REACTIONS; TEMPERATURE DEPENDENCE; TEMPERATURE RANGE;

DECAY (ORGANIC);

AMMONIA; NITRATE; NITRITE; NITROGEN DERIVATIVE; TOSYLCHLORAMIDE SODIUM; WATER;

DEGRADATION; MICROBIAL ACTIVITY; REACTION KINETICS; TEMPERATURE EFFECT; WATER QUALITY; WATER SUPPLY;

ARTICLE; CHEMICAL REACTION; DECOMPOSITION; INCUBATION TEMPERATURE; MICROBIAL DEGRADATION; SAMPLE; SUMMER; TEMPERATURE; TEMPERATURE DEPENDENCE; WATER QUALITY; WATER SUPPLY; WINTER;

EID: 77955065708     PISSN: 16069749     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2166/ws.2009.387     Document Type: Article

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