Dealing with Algal Toxins and Dissolved Organics in Drinking Water

Journal of Hazardous, Toxic, and Radioactive Waste

Volumn 16, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 118-124

  Ratnayake, Niranjanie ^a   Manatunge, Jagath ^a   Hapuarachchi, Dilini Prayomi ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MORATUWA   (Sri Lanka)

Author keywords

Activated carbon; Chemical oxygen demand; Drinking water; Eutrophication; Toxicity; Water quality; Water supply

Indexed keywords

ACTIVATED CARBON ADSORPTION; ALGAL TOXINS; CONTACT TIME; CONVENTIONAL WATER TREATMENT; CYANOTOXINS; DISSOLVED AIR FLOTATIONS; DISSOLVED ORGANIC SUBSTANCES; DISSOLVED ORGANICS; HUMAN HEALTH EFFECTS; LABORATORY ANALYSIS; MICROCYSTINS; OPERATIONAL ISSUES; POWDERED ACTIVATED CARBON; PRECHLORINATION; RAW WATER QUALITY; SOURCE WATERS; SPECIAL TREATMENTS; SRI LANKA; SURFACE WATER BODY; SURFACE WATER SOURCES; TASTE AND ODORS; WATER SUPPLY PROJECTS;

ACTIVATED CARBON; ACTIVATED CARBON TREATMENT; ADSORPTION; CHEMICAL OXYGEN DEMAND; CHLORINATION; DISSOLUTION; DRIERS (MATERIALS); EUTROPHICATION; ODOR REMOVAL; POTABLE WATER; PUBLIC HEALTH; RATING; TOXIC MATERIALS; TOXICITY; WATER FILTRATION; WATER QUALITY; WATER SUPPLY;

SURFACE WATERS;

ACTIVATED CARBON; ADSORPTION; CHEMICAL OXYGEN DEMAND; CYANOBACTERIUM; DISINFECTION; DISSOLVED ORGANIC MATTER; DRINKING WATER; EUTROPHICATION; FILTRATION; PALATABILITY; PERFORMANCE ASSESSMENT; SURFACE WATER; TOXICITY; TOXIN; WATER QUALITY; WATER SUPPLY;

SRI LANKA;

ALGAE; CYANOBACTERIA;

EID: 84860324494     PISSN: 21535493     EISSN: 21535515     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1061/(ASCE)HZ.2153-5515.0000114     Document Type: Article

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