Removal of specific DBPs by GAC in Galatsi WTP, Athens

Global Nest Journal

Volumn 11, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 349-356

  Lekkas, T D ^a   Babi, K G ^a   Koumenides, K M ^a   Makri, C A ^a   Lekkas, D T ^b   Nikolaou, A D ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE AEGEAN   (Greece)

^b Department of Statistics Sciences ^*  (Greece)

Author keywords

Adsorption; BDCM; DBCM; DBPs; DCA; DOC; GAC; HAAs; TCA; TCM; THMs

Indexed keywords

EID: 79955052097     PISSN: 11084006     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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