Elemental composition at different points of the rainwater harvesting system

Science of the Total Environment

Volumn 408, Issue 20, 2010, Pages 4542-4548

  Morrow, A C ^a   Dunstan, R H ^a   Coombes, P J ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEWCASTLE   (Australia)

^b Bonacci Water   (Australia)

Author keywords

Chemical composition; Metals; Rainwater harvesting system

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC DEPOSITIONS; AUSTRALIA; CHEMICAL COMPOSITIONS; CONTAMINANT LOADS; COPPER PIPING; EAST COAST; ELEMENTAL COMPOSITIONS; HOT WATER SYSTEM; LEACHATES; PIPING MATERIALS; POLYVINYL CHLORIDE PIPES; RAINWATER HARVESTING SYSTEM; ROOF RUNOFF; SAMPLING POINTS; STORAGE SYSTEMS; STUDY SITES;

ARSENIC; BARIUM; CHLORINE COMPOUNDS; CHROMIUM; COPPER; DEBRIS; HARVESTING; IMPURITIES; LEACHING; MANGANESE; METALS; METEOROLOGICAL PROBLEMS; MOLYBDENUM; PIPE; POLYVINYL CHLORIDES; POTASSIUM; ROOFS; RUNOFF; STRONTIUM; VANADIUM; ZINC;

RAIN;

ARSENIC; BARIUM; BISMUTH; CADMIUM; CESIUM; CHROMIUM; COBALT; COPPER; IRON; LEAD; MAGNESIUM; MANGANESE; MOLYBDENUM; NICKEL; PHOSPHORUS; POTASSIUM; RAIN; RUBIDIUM; SELENIUM; SILVER; SODIUM; STRONTIUM; URANIUM; VANADIUM; ZINC; TRACE ELEMENT; WATER POLLUTANT;

ATMOSPHERIC DEPOSITION; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); HEAVY METAL; RAINWATER; RUNOFF; SAMPLING;

ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; CATCHMENT; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; FLUID INTAKE; MASS SPECTROMETRY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; WATER ANALYSIS; WATER CONTAMINATION; WATER MANAGEMENT; WATER QUALITY; ANALYSIS; CHEMISTRY; WATER POLLUTANT; WATER SUPPLY;

CONSERVATION OF NATURAL RESOURCES; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; RAIN; TRACE ELEMENTS; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL; WATER SUPPLY;

AUSTRALIA;

EID: 77955918126     PISSN: 00489697     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2010.07.002     Document Type: Article

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