Development and application of a method for quantifying factors affecting chloramine decay in service reservoirs

Water Research

Volumn 44, Issue 15, 2010, Pages 4463-4472

  Sathasivan, Arumugam ^a   Bal Krishna, K C ^a   Fisher, Ian ^b  

^a CURTIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b Watervale Systems Pty Ltd   (Australia)

Author keywords

Biofilm; Chloramine decay; Microbial decay factor; Nitrification; Reservoir; Stratification

Indexed keywords

BIOFILMS; DISINFECTANTS; WATER QUALITY;

BULK WATER; CHLORAMINATED; CHLORAMINE DECAYS; DECAY FACTOR; DEVELOPMENT AND APPLICATIONS; DISTRIBUTION SYSTEMS; MICROBIAL DECAY; MICROBIAL DECAY FACTOR; SERVICE RESERVOIRS; STRATIFICATION;

RESERVOIRS (WATER);

CHLORAMINE DERIVATIVE;

BIOFILM; DISINFECTION; NITRIFICATION; ORGANOCHLORINE; RESERVOIR; STRATIFICATION; WATER QUALITY; WATER SUPPLY;

ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; BIOFILM; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; MICROBIAL DEGRADATION; NITRIFICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; WATER SUPPLY; WATER TREATMENT;

AUSTRALIA; NEW SOUTH WALES; SYDNEY [NEW SOUTH WALES];

EID: 77955276917     PISSN: 00431354     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.watres.2010.06.009     Document Type: Article

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