Powdered activated carbon coupled with enhanced coagulation for natural organic matter removal and disinfection by-product control: Application in a Western Australian water treatment plant

Chemosphere

Volumn 83, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 661-667

  Kristiana, Ina ^a   Joll, Cynthia ^a   Heitz, Anna ^a  

^a CURTIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Disinfection by products; Enhanced coagulation; Haloacetic acids; Natural organic matter; Powdered activated carbon; Trihalomethanes

Indexed keywords

ACTIVATED CARBON; ACTIVATED CARBON TREATMENT; BIOGEOCHEMISTRY; CHEMICAL WATER TREATMENT; COAGULATION; DISINFECTION; ORGANIC COMPOUNDS; WATER QUALITY; WATER TREATMENT PLANTS;

DISINFECTION BY-PRODUCT; ENHANCED COAGULATION; HALOACETIC ACIDS; NATURAL ORGANIC MATTERS; POWDERED ACTIVATED CARBON; TRIHALOMETHANES;

CHEMICALS REMOVAL (WATER TREATMENT);

ACTIVATED CARBON; CHLORINE; NATURAL ORGANIC MATTER;

ACETIC ACID; ACTIVATED CARBON; BROMIDE; COAGULATION; DISINFECTION; HALOGENATED HYDROCARBON; ORGANIC MATTER; WASTE FACILITY; WATER QUALITY; WATER SUPPLY; WATER TREATMENT;

ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; CHLORINATION; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); DISINFECTION; POWDER; WATER QUALITY; WATER SUPPLY; WATER TREATMENT;

EID: 79953080996     PISSN: 00456535     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.chemosphere.2011.02.017     Document Type: Article

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