Monitoring emerging chlorination by-products in drinking water using UV-absorbance and fl uorescence indexes

Desalination and Water Treatment

Volumn 23, Issue 1-3, 2010, Pages 118-122

  Roccaro, Paolo ^a   Vagliasindi, Federico G A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CATANIA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Chlorination; Disinfection by Products; Natural organic matter; Real time monitoring; Spectroscopy

Indexed keywords

EID: 78649747278     PISSN: 19443994     EISSN: 19443986     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5004/dwt.2010.1970     Document Type: Article

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