Occurrence and formation potential of N-nitrosodimethylamine in ground water and river water in Tokyo

Water Research

Volumn 45, Issue 11, 2011, Pages 3369-3377

  Van Huy, Nguyen ^a   Murakami, Michio ^a   Sakai, Hiroshi ^a   Oguma, Kumiko ^a   Kosaka, Koji ^b   Asami, Mari ^b   Takizawa, Satoshi ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (Japan)

Author keywords

Chloramination; Chlorination; Disinfection byproducts; Ground water; NDMA formation potential; NDMA precursors

Indexed keywords

AMINATION; AMMONIA; CHLORINATION; CHLORINE; DISINFECTION; GROUNDWATER; LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; MASS SPECTROMETRY; MICROFILTRATION; MOLECULAR WEIGHT DISTRIBUTION; ORGANIC CARBON; RIVERS; WASTEWATER TREATMENT; WATER DISTRIBUTION SYSTEMS; WATER POLLUTION CONTROL;

CHLORAMINATION; DISINFECTION BY-PRODUCT; DISSOLVED ORGANIC CARBON; FORMATION POTENTIAL; LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY-TANDEM MASS SPECTROMETRY; N-NITROSODIMETHYLAMINE; NDMA PRECURSORS; WATER AND WASTEWATER TREATMENTS;

WATER TREATMENT;

DIMETHYLNITROSAMINE; GROUND WATER; MONOCHLORAMINE; ORGANIC CARBON; RIVER WATER;

CARCINOGEN; CHLORINATION; DISINFECTION; GROUNDWATER POLLUTION; LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; MASS SPECTROMETRY; PH; RIVER POLLUTION; RIVER WATER; SAMPLING;

ADSORPTION; AMINATION; ARTICLE; BIODEGRADATION; CHLORINATION; FILTRATION; FRACTIONATION; JAPAN; LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TANDEM MASS SPECTROMETRY; VOLATILIZATION; WASTE WATER MANAGEMENT; WATER SAMPLING;

HONSHU; JAPAN; KANTO; TOKYO [KANTO];

EID: 79955955892     PISSN: 00431354     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.watres.2011.03.053     Document Type: Article

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