Speciation and variation in the occurrence of haloacetic acids in three water supply systems in England

Water and Environment Journal

Volumn 24, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 237-245

  Zhang, Yanping ^a,b   Collins, Christopher ^b   Graham, Nigel ^a   Templeton, Michael R ^a   Huang, Jin ^a   Nieuwenhuijsen, Mark ^c  

^a IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF READING   (United Kingdom)

^c CENTRE FOR RESEARCH IN ENVIRONMENTAL EPIDEMIOLOGY CREAL   (Spain)

Author keywords

By product occurrence; Disinfection byproducts; Drinking water; Haloacetic acids; Seasonal variation; Trihalomethanes

Indexed keywords

DATA SETS; DICHLOROACETIC ACID; DISINFECTION BY-PRODUCT; DISTRIBUTION SYSTEMS; ENGLAND; GROUNDWATER SOURCES; HALOACETIC ACIDS; MEAN CONCENTRATIONS; SEASONAL VARIATION; SOURCE WATERS; STRONG CORRELATION; THREE SYSTEMS; TRICHLOROACETIC ACID; TRIHALOMETHANES; WATER SOURCE;

BYPRODUCTS; GROUNDWATER; LANDFORMS; POTABLE WATER; WATER SUPPLY SYSTEMS;

SURFACE WATERS;

ACETIC ACID; DICHLOROACETIC ACID; DRINKING WATER; GROUND WATER; SURFACE WATER; TRICHLOROACETIC ACID; TRIHALOMETHANE;

ACETIC ACID; CORRELATION; DISINFECTION; DRINKING WATER; GROUNDWATER RESOURCE; HYDROGEOCHEMISTRY; METHANE; SAMPLING; SPECIATION (CHEMISTRY); WATER MANAGEMENT; WATER SUPPLY;

ARTICLE; AUTUMN; BROMINATION; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEASONAL VARIATION; SPECIES DIFFERENTIATION; SPRING; UNITED KINGDOM; WATER SUPPLY; WINTER;

ENGLAND; UNITED KINGDOM;

EID: 80051891919     PISSN: 17476585     EISSN: 17476593     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1747-6593.2009.00200.x     Document Type: Article

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