An integrated performance assessment framework for water treatment plants

Water Research

Volumn 46, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 1673-1683

  Zhang, Kejiang ^a   Achari, Gopal ^a   Sadiq, Rehan ^b   Langford, Cooper H ^a   Dore, Mohammed H I ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^c BROCK UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Performance assessment; Quantitative Microbial Risk Assessment (QMRA); Reliability; Robustness; Water treatment plant operation and management

Indexed keywords

CHEMICAL WATER TREATMENT; DISINFECTION; RELIABILITY; ROBUSTNESS (CONTROL SYSTEMS); WATER TREATMENT PLANTS;

CHLORINE DISINFECTION; COAGULATION/FLOCCULATION; HEALTH-BASED TARGETS; PERFORMANCE ASSESSMENT; PERFORMANCE FUNCTIONS; QUANTITATIVE MICROBIAL RISK ASSESSMENT (QMRA); TREATMENT PLANTS; VARIABLE CONDITIONS;

RISK ASSESSMENT;

CHLORINE;

COAGULATION; DISINFECTION; FLOCCULATION; INTEGRATED APPROACH; MICROBIAL COMMUNITY; OPERATIONS TECHNOLOGY; PERFORMANCE ASSESSMENT; RELIABILITY ANALYSIS; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEDIMENTATION; TURBIDITY; WATER TREATMENT;

ARTICLE; DISINFECTION; ECOSYSTEM RESILIENCE; FILTRATION; FLOCCULATION; INFECTION RATE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RELIABILITY; SEDIMENTATION; TURBIDITY; WASTE WATER TREATMENT PLANT; WATER QUALITY;

EID: 84857112914     PISSN: 00431354     EISSN: 18792448     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.watres.2011.12.006     Document Type: Article

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