Impact of plumbing age on copper levels in drinking water

Journal of Water Supply: Research and Technology - AQUA

Volumn 60, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 1-15

  Turek, Nadja F ^a   Kasten, Linda ^b   Lytle, Darren A ^c   Goltz, Mark N ^d  

^a WOOLPERT INC   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF DAYTON RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^c U S ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY   (United States)

^d AIR FORCE INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

9 Copper; Drinking water; Plumbing age

Indexed keywords

9 COPPER; AGING EFFECTS; ANECDOTAL EVIDENCES; CONCEPTUAL MODEL; COPPER (II); DRINKING WATER; INTERNAL SURFACES; PIPE SURFACES; PLUMBING SYSTEMS; PRACTICAL EXPERIENCE; SCALE COMPOSITION; SOLIDS ANALYSIS; TAP-WATER SAMPLES; XPS; XRD;

CARBONATE MINERALS; COPPER; CORROSION; PIPE; POTABLE WATER;

PLUMBING;

BUILDING; CONCEPTUAL FRAMEWORK; COPPER; CORROSION; DRINKING WATER; MALACHITE; NUMERICAL MODEL; PIPE; SAMPLING; THEORETICAL STUDY; WATER POLLUTION; WATER QUALITY; X-RAY DIFFRACTION; X-RAY SPECTROSCOPY;

EID: 79251591079     PISSN: 00037214     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2166/aqua.2011.014     Document Type: Article

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