Impact of total organic carbon and chlorine to ammonia ratio on nitrification in a bench-scale drinking water distribution system

Frontiers of Environmental Science and Engineering in China

Volumn 4, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 430-437

  Zhang, Yongji ^a   Zhou, Lingling ^b   Zeng, Guo ^a   Deng, Huiping ^a   Li, Guibai ^c  

^a BEIJING UNIVERSITY OF POSTS AND TELECOMMUNICATIONS   (China)

^b TONGJI UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c HARBIN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (China)

Author keywords

ammoniaoxidizing bacteria (AOB); chloramines; drinking water; heterotrophic bacteria; nitrification; organic carbon

Indexed keywords

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); NITROSOMONADALES;

EID: 78649937675     PISSN: 16737415     EISSN: 16737520     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11783-010-0247-5     Document Type: Article

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