Designing water supplies: Optimizing drinking water composition for maximum economic benefit

Water Research

Volumn 45, Issue 12, 2011, Pages 3712-3722

  Rygaard, M ^a   Arvin, E ^a   Bath, A ^b   Binning, P J ^a  

^a TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF DENMARK   (Denmark)

^b Water Corporation Leederville   (Australia)

Author keywords

Corrosion; Cost; Desalination; Health; Remineralization; Water quality

Indexed keywords

CORROSION; COSTS; GREENHOUSE GASES; POTABLE WATER; WATER FILTRATION; WATER QUALITY; WATER SUPPLY;

COPENHAGEN; CORROSION INDICES; DENMARK; ECONOMIC BENEFITS; HEALTH MATERIALS; MEMBRANE DESALINATION; QUALITY ASPECTS; REMINERALIZATION; WATER COMPOSITION; WESTERN AUSTRALIA;

DESALINATION;

CARBON DIOXIDE; DRINKING WATER;

CARBON DIOXIDE; CORROSION; COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; DESALINATION; DRINKING WATER; EXPERIMENTAL DESIGN; GREENHOUSE GAS; HEALTH RISK; HOLISTIC APPROACH; MEMBRANE; OPTIMIZATION; PUBLIC HEALTH; REMINERALIZATION; WATER ECONOMICS; WATER MANAGEMENT; WATER PLANNING; WATER POLLUTION; WATER QUALITY; WATER SUPPLY;

ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CORROSION; COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; DENMARK; DESALINATION; FLUORIDATION; MINERALIZATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVERSE OSMOSIS; WATER QUALITY; WATER SUPPLY;

AUSTRALIA; COPENHAGEN [(CTY) HOVEDSTADEN]; DENMARK; HOVEDSTADEN; PERTH [WESTERN AUSTRALIA]; WESTERN AUSTRALIA;

EID: 79958765761     PISSN: 00431354     EISSN: 18792448     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.watres.2011.04.025     Document Type: Article

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