Reactivity of litter leachates from California oak woodlands in the formation of disinfection by-products

Journal of Environmental Quality

Volumn 40, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 1607-1616

  Chow, Alex T ^a   O'geen, Anthony T ^b   Dahlgren, Randy A ^b   Díaz, Francisco J ^b   Wong, Kin Hang ^c   Wong, Po Keung ^c  

^a CLEMSON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c CHINESE UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CALIFORNIA; CALIFORNIA OAK WOODLAND; CHLORAL HYDRATES; CHLORINE DEMAND; DBP PRECURSORS; DEGREE OF DECOMPOSITION; DISINFECTION BY-PRODUCT; DISINFECTION BYPRODUCTS; DISSOLVED ORGANIC CARBON; DISSOLVED ORGANIC MATTERS; ENVIRONMENTAL CONDITIONS; FLUORESCENCE INDICES; FORESTED WATERSHEDS; FORMATION POTENTIAL; HALOACETIC ACIDS; HALOACETONITRILES; KEY FACTORS; LEACHATES; LITTER DECOMPOSITION; LITTER MATERIALS; ORGANIC NITROGEN; ORGANIC SOIL; PLANT COMMUNITIES; RAINY SEASONS; SPECIFIC ULTRAVIOLET ABSORBANCE; TRIHALOMETHANES; ULTRAVIOLET ABSORBANCE; VEGETATION TYPE;

BIOLOGICAL MATERIALS; CHLORINATION; CHLORINE; DISINFECTION; DISSOLUTION; HYDRATES; OPTICAL PROPERTIES; POTABLE WATER; SURFACE WATERS; VEGETATION; WATER ANALYSIS;

ORGANIC CARBON;

CHLORAL HYDRATE; DISSOLVED ORGANIC MATTER; DRINKING WATER; RAIN; TRIHALOMETHANE; CARBON; NITROGEN;

ARTICLE; CHEMICAL REACTION; CHLORINATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISINFECTION; FOREST; GRASS; LEACHING; LITTER DECOMPOSITION; NONHUMAN; OAK; PINE; PLANT COMMUNITY; PLANT LITTER; SEASON; SOIL; UNITED STATES; VEGETATION; WATER SUPPLY; WETLAND;

CALIFORNIA; CARBON; DISINFECTION; NITROGEN; QUERCUS;

EID: 80053058786     PISSN: 00472425     EISSN: 15372537     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2134/jeq2010.0488     Document Type: Article

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