Trade-offs in disinfection byproduct formation associated with precursor preoxidation for control of N -nitrosodimethylamine formation

Environmental Science and Technology

Volumn 46, Issue 9, 2012, Pages 4809-4818

  Shah, Amisha D ^a   Krasner, Stuart W ^b   Lee, Chih Fen Tiffany ^b   Von Gunten, Urs ^c,d   Mitch, William A ^a  

^a Yale University   (United States)

^b METROPOLITAN WATER DISTRICT OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c SWISS FEDERAL INSTITUTE OF AQUATIC SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Switzerland)

^d EPFL   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADVANCED OXIDATION; ANION EXCHANGE RESINS; CHLORAMINATION; CHLORINE DIOXIDES; DISINFECTION BY-PRODUCT; FLUENCES; GIARDIA; HALOACETIC ACIDS; HIGHER TEMPERATURES; MEDIUM PRESSURE; N-NITROSODIMETHYLAMINE; NET EFFECT; NITROSODIMETHYLAMINE; OXIDANT EXPOSURE; POLY (DIALLYLDIMETHYLAMMONIUM CHLORIDE); PRE-OXIDATION; PRE-OZONATION; PRE-TREATMENT; PREOXIDANTS; REGULATORY LEVEL; TREATED WASTEWATER; TRIHALOMETHANES;

BROMINE COMPOUNDS; BYPRODUCTS; CHLORINATION; CHLORINE; CHLORINE COMPOUNDS; DISINFECTANTS; OXIDANTS; OZONE; OZONIZATION; WASTEWATER TREATMENT; WATER POLLUTION CONTROL;

AMINATION;

ANION EXCHANGE RESIN; CHLORAL; CHLORAMINE DERIVATIVE; CHLORINE; CHLORINE DIOXIDE; CHLOROPICRIN; DIMETHYLNITROSAMINE; DRINKING WATER; OZONE; POLY(DIALLYLDIMETHYLAMMONIUM CHLORIDE); TRIHALOMETHANE;

CHLORINE; DISINFECTION; DRINKING WATER; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; HIGH TEMPERATURE; INHIBITION; ION EXCHANGE; OXIDATION; OZONE; POLYMER; RESIN; ULTRAVIOLET RADIATION; WASTE TREATMENT; WASTEWATER;

ARTICLE; CHEMICAL REACTION; CHLORINATION; DISINFECTION; GIARDIA; HIGH TEMPERATURE; OXIDATION; REDUCTION; WASTE WATER MANAGEMENT; WATER QUALITY; WATER TREATMENT;

CHLORINE; CHLORINE COMPOUNDS; DIMETHYLNITROSAMINE; DISINFECTION; DRINKING WATER; OXIDES; OZONE; ULTRAVIOLET RAYS; WATER POLLUTION, CHEMICAL;

GIARDIA;

EID: 84860447817     PISSN: 0013936X     EISSN: 15205851     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/es204717j     Document Type: Article

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