Understanding the operational parameters affecting NDMA formation at Advanced Water Treatment Plants

Journal of Hazardous Materials

Volumn 185, Issue 2-3, 2011, Pages 1575-1581

  Farré, Maria José ^a   Döderer, Katrin ^a   Hearn, Laurence ^a   Poussade, Yvan ^b,c   Keller, Jurg ^a   Gernjak, Wolfgang ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^b Veolia Water Australia   (Australia)

^c WaterSecure   (Australia)

Author keywords

Chloramination; Disinfection by product; N nitrosodimethylamine; Reverse osmosis membrane; Water recycling

Indexed keywords

AUSTRALIA; CHLORAMINATION; CONTACT TIME; DIMETHYLAMINES; DISINFECTION BY-PRODUCT; FULL-SCALE APPLICATIONS; HIGH QUALITY; IN-LINE; MONOCHLORAMINE; N-NITROSODIMETHYLAMINE; OPERATIONAL PARAMETERS; QUEENSLAND; RECYCLED WATER; SECONDARY EFFLUENT; WASTEWATER TREATMENT PLANTS;

AMINATION; DISINFECTION; EFFLUENT TREATMENT; EFFLUENTS; OSMOSIS MEMBRANES; REVERSE OSMOSIS; WASTEWATER; WASTEWATER RECLAMATION; WASTEWATER TREATMENT; WATER DISTRIBUTION SYSTEMS; WATER TREATMENT PLANTS;

WATER RECYCLING;

DIMETHYLNITROSAMINE; MONOCHLORAMINE; TOSYLCHLORAMIDE SODIUM;

DISINFECTION; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; MEMBRANE; OSMOSIS; RECYCLING; REDUCTION; WASTE FACILITY;

ADVANCED WATER TREATMENT PLANT; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; CHEMICAL REACTION; DISINFECTION; WASTE WATER RECYCLING; WASTE WATER TREATMENT PLANT;

DIMETHYLNITROSAMINE; DISINFECTANTS; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL;

EID: 78649912544     PISSN: 03043894     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jhazmat.2010.10.090     Document Type: Article

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