Occurrence of N-nitrosodimethylamine precursors in wastewater treatment plant effluent and their fate during ultrafiltration-reverse osmosis membrane treatment

Water Science and Technology

Volumn 63, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 605-612

  Farre M J ^a   Keller, J ^a   Holling, N ^b   Poussade, Y ^c,d   Gernjak, W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^b QUEENSLAND HEALTH   (Australia)

^c Veolia Water Australia   (Australia)

^d WaterSecure   (Australia)

Author keywords

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

Indexed keywords

CHLORAMINATION; DISINFECTION BY-PRODUCT; FORMATION POTENTIAL; MEMBRANE PROCESS; N-NITROSODIMETHYLAMINE; PRECURSOR CONCENTRATION; RECYCLED WATER; SOURCE WATERS; STRAIGHT-FORWARD METHOD; TERTIARY WASTEWATER TREATMENT; WASTEWATER RECYCLING; WASTEWATER TREATMENT PLANT EFFLUENT;

AMINATION; AMINES; DISINFECTION; EFFLUENT TREATMENT; EFFLUENTS; OSMOSIS MEMBRANES; REVERSE OSMOSIS; SEWAGE PUMPING PLANTS; TOXICITY; ULTRAFILTRATION; WASTEWATER; WASTEWATER RECLAMATION; WASTEWATER TREATMENT; WATER DISTRIBUTION SYSTEMS; WATER FILTRATION; WATER TREATMENT PLANTS;

WATER RECYCLING;

CHLORAMINE DERIVATIVE; DIMETHYLNITROSAMINE;

DISINFECTION; EFFLUENT; MEMBRANE; OSMOSIS; RECYCLING; ULTRAFILTRATION; WASTEWATER;

ACTIVATED SLUDGE; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; CONTROLLED STUDY; EFFLUENT; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; REVERSE OSMOSIS; SOLID PHASE EXTRACTION; ULTRAFILTRATION; WASTE WATER RECYCLING; WASTE WATER TREATMENT PLANT;

DIMETHYLNITROSAMINE; MEMBRANES, ARTIFICIAL; OSMOSIS; ULTRAFILTRATION; WASTE DISPOSAL, FLUID; WATER PURIFICATION;

EID: 79953209398     PISSN: 02731223     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2166/wst.2011.207     Document Type: Article

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