A survey on levels and seasonal changes of assimilable organic carbon (AOC) and its precursors in drinking water

Environmental Technology

Volumn 32, Issue 14, 2011, Pages 1605-1613

  Ohkouchi, Yumiko ^a   Ly, Bich Thuy ^b   Ishikawa, Suguru ^c   Aoki, Yusuke ^d   Echigo, Shinya ^a   Itoh, Sadahiko ^a  

^a KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b HANOI UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Viet Nam)

^c Tsukishima Kikai Co Ltd   (Japan)

^d AJINOMOTO CO INC   (Japan)

Author keywords

Advanced water treatment; Amino acids; AOC precursors; Assimilable organic carbon (AOC); Drinking water

Indexed keywords

ACTIVATED CARBON; ACTIVATED CARBON TREATMENT; AMINO ACIDS; CHLORINE; CONTROL SYSTEM STABILITY; EFFLUENTS; ORGANIC CARBON; OZONE; OZONE WATER TREATMENT; OZONIZATION; SURVEYS; WATER FILTRATION; WATER SUPPLY; WATER SUPPLY SYSTEMS; POTABLE WATER;

ADVANCED WATER TREATMENT; AOC PRECURSORS; ASSIMILABLE ORGANIC CARBON; BIOLOGICAL STABILITY; NATURAL AQUATIC ENVIRONMENTS; OPERATING CONDITION; ORGANICS; RAPID SAND FILTRATION; SEASONAL CHANGES; TAP-WATER SAMPLES; WATER DISTRIBUTIONS;

POTABLE WATER; WATER SUPPLY SYSTEMS;

CHLORINE; DRINKING WATER; ORGANIC CARBON; TAP WATER; ACTIVATED CARBON; AMINO ACID; ASSIMILABLE ORGANIC CARBON; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ACTIVATED CARBON; AMINO ACID; AQUATIC ENVIRONMENT; DRINKING WATER; FILTRATION; ODOR; ORGANIC CARBON; OZONE; POLLUTANT REMOVAL; SAMPLING; SEASONAL VARIATION; WATER POLLUTION; WATER SUPPLY; CHLORINE; SAND; WATER TREATMENT;

AQUATIC ENVIRONMENT; ARTICLE; CHLORINATION; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); FILTRATION; OZONATION; SAND; SEASONAL VARIATION; SEDIMENTATION; SUMMER; WATER SAMPLING; WATER SUPPLY; WATER TREATMENT; WINTER; CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; REVIEW; WATER ANALYSIS; WATER MANAGEMENT;

JAPAN;

EID: 80052725379     PISSN: 09593330     EISSN: 1479487X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09593330.2010.545439     Document Type: Article

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