Perchlorate in raw and drinking water sources in England and Wales

Water and Environment Journal

Volumn 25, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 456-465

  McLaughlin, Clare L ^a   Blake, Simon ^a   Hall, Tom ^a   Harman, Mark ^a   Kanda, Rakesh ^b   Hunt, Joanna ^c   Rumsby, Paul C ^a  

^a WRC PLC   (United Kingdom)

^b STL Reading   (United Kingdom)

^c DRINKING WATER INSPECTORATE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Drinking water; England; Method; Monitoring; Perchlorate; Raw water; Wales

Indexed keywords

ENGLAND; METHOD; PERCHLORATE; RAW WATER; WALES;

ACTIVATED CARBON; INORGANIC COMPOUNDS; ION EXCHANGE; MONITORING; WATER TREATMENT;

POTABLE WATER;

CARBON; DRINKING WATER; PERCHLORATE;

ACTIVATED CARBON; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); DRINKING WATER; FUEL; HORMONE; ION EXCHANGE; MONITORING SYSTEM; PERCHLORATE; POLLUTION MONITORING; WATER POLLUTION; WATER RESOURCE; WATER TREATMENT;

ARTICLE; CHLORINATION; ION EXCHANGE; MONITORING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEASONAL VARIATION; UNITED KINGDOM; WATER CONTAMINATION; WATER SAMPLING;

ENGLAND; UNITED KINGDOM; WALES;

EID: 82155178441     PISSN: 17476585     EISSN: 17476593     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1747-6593.2010.00237.x     Document Type: Article

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