Treatment of disinfection by-product precursors

Environmental Technology

Volumn 32, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 1-25

  Bond, T ^a   Goslan, E H ^a   Parsons, S A ^a   Jefferson, B ^a  

^a CRANFIELD UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

disinfection by products; precursors; treatment; water

Indexed keywords

ACTIVATED CARBON; ACTIVATED CARBON TREATMENT; ADSORPTION; AMINO ACIDS; BIOGEOCHEMISTRY; BYPRODUCTS; CARBOHYDRATES; CARBOXYLIC ACIDS; CHEMICAL PROPERTIES; COAGULATION; DISINFECTION; NANOFILTRATION; RATE CONSTANTS;

ADDITIONAL TREATMENT; ADVANCED OXIDATION PROCESS; ALGAL ORGANIC MATTERS; ANION EXCHANGE; BIOTREATMENTS; DBP PRECURSORS; DISINFECTION BY-PRODUCT; DISINFECTION BYPRODUCTS; FORMATION POTENTIAL; FREUNDLICH; FREUNDLICH ADSORPTION; HALOACETIC ACIDS; LOG KOW; NATURAL ORGANIC MATTERS; PHYSICOCHEMICAL PROPERTY; PRECURSORS; PROCESS SELECTION; RIVER WATER; TREATMENT; TRIHALOMETHANES; WATER TYPES;

CHEMICAL WATER TREATMENT;

ACETIC ACID; ACTIVATED CARBON; AMINO ACID; CARBOHYDRATE; CARBOXYLIC ACID; ORGANIC MATTER; OZONE; RIVER WATER; TRIHALOMETHANE; WATER;

ACTIVATED CARBON; ADSORPTION; AMINO ACID; DISINFECTION; ORGANIC MATTER; PHYSICOCHEMICAL PROPERTY; WATER TREATMENT;

ADSORPTION; ALGA; ANION EXCHANGE; BEHAVIOR; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DISINFECTION; HYDROPHOBICITY; ION EXCHANGE; NANOFILTRATION; OXIDATION; PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY; PRECURSOR; REVIEW; RIVER; SPECIES; WATER ANALYSIS; WATER TREATMENT;

ALGAE;

EID: 79551593896     PISSN: 09593330     EISSN: 1479487X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09593330.2010.495138     Document Type: Review

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