Variations in trihalomethane levels in three French water distribution systems and the development of a predictive model

Water Research

Volumn 44, Issue 18, 2010, Pages 5168-5179

  Mouly, Damien ^a   Joulin, Eric ^b   Rosin, Christophe ^b   Beaudeau, Pascal ^a   Zeghnoun, Abdelkrim ^a   Olszewski Ortar, Agnès ^b   Munoz, Jean François ^b   Welté, Bénédicte ^c   Joyeux, Michel ^c   Seux, René ^d   Montiel, Antoine ^e   Rodriguez, M J ^f  

^a French Institute for Public Health Surveillance InVS   (France)

^b French Food Safety Agency (AFSSA)   (France)

^c Eau de Paris   (France)

^d EHESP SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (France)

^e Retired expert Eau de Paris   (France)

^f UNIVERSITÉ LAVAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

French drinking water system; Predictive model; Sampling campaign; SISE eaux database; Trihalomethanes

Indexed keywords

CHLORINATION; CHLORINE; CHLORINE COMPOUNDS; LINEAR REGRESSION; POTABLE WATER; RESIDENCE TIME DISTRIBUTION; WATER TREATMENT; WATER TREATMENT PLANTS;

CHLORINATION BYPRODUCTS; DISTRIBUTION SYSTEMS; DOSE RESPONSE RELATIONSHIPS; DRINKING WATER SYSTEMS; EPIDEMIOLOGICAL STUDIES; FRENCH DRINKING WATER SYSTEM; PREDICTIVE MODELS; SAMPLING CAMPAIGNS; SISE-EAUX DATABASE; TRIHALOMETHANES;

WATER DISTRIBUTION SYSTEMS;

BROMODICHLOROMETHANE; BROMOFORM; CHLORINE; CHLOROFORM; DIBROMOCHLOROMETHANE; TRIHALOMETHANE; WATER;

CANCER; CHLORINATION; CHLOROFORM; DATABASE; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP; DRINKING WATER; EPIDEMIOLOGY; NUMERICAL MODEL; ORGANIC MATTER; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SAMPLING; WATER SUPPLY; WATER TREATMENT;

ARTICLE; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); LOGLINEAR MODEL; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; PREDICTION; PREDICTIVE MODEL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; WATER QUALITY; WATER SUPPLY; WATER TREATMENT;

EID: 77957361579     PISSN: 00431354     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.watres.2010.06.028     Document Type: Article

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