Impact of salinity and pH on the UVC/H2O2 treatment of reverse osmosis concentrate produced from municipal wastewater reclamation

Water Research

Volumn 46, Issue 10, 2012, Pages 3229-3239

  Liu, Kai ^a   Roddick, Felicity A ^a   Fan, Linhua ^a  

^a RMIT UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Biodegradability; Organic pollutants; PH; Reverse osmosis concentrate; Salinity

Indexed keywords

BIOCHEMICAL ENGINEERING; BIODEGRADABILITY; CHEMICAL OXYGEN DEMAND; DISSOLVED OXYGEN; EFFLUENTS; ENERGY EFFICIENCY; IRRADIATION; ORGANIC CARBON; PH; REVERSE OSMOSIS; STREAM FLOW; WASTEWATER DISPOSAL; WASTEWATER RECLAMATION; WASTEWATER TREATMENT; WATER POLLUTION; WATER QUALITY;

BIODEGRADABLE DISSOLVED ORGANIC CARBON; DISSOLVED ORGANIC CARBON; MUNICIPAL WASTEWATER RECLAMATION; REVERSE OSMOSIS CONCENTRATES; REVERSE OSMOSIS TECHNOLOGIES; SALINITY; TRIHALOMETHANE FORMATION POTENTIAL; WATER QUALITY VARIABLES;

ORGANIC POLLUTANTS;

HYDROGEN PEROXIDE; ORGANIC CARBON; TRIHALOMETHANE;

BIODEGRADATION; CHEMICAL OXYGEN DEMAND; DISSOLVED ORGANIC CARBON; DOMESTIC WASTE; EFFLUENT; ELECTRICAL CONDUCTIVITY; HALOGENATED HYDROCARBON; HYDROGEN PEROXIDE; ORGANIC POLLUTANT; OSMOSIS; PH; POLLUTANT REMOVAL; REACTION KINETICS; RECYCLING; SALINITY; ULTRAVIOLET RADIATION; WASTEWATER; WATER INDUSTRY; WATER QUALITY; WATER TREATMENT;

ARTICLE; CHEMICAL OXYGEN DEMAND; ORGANIC POLLUTION; PH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVERSE OSMOSIS; SALINITY; ULTRAVIOLET C RADIATION; WASTE WATER MANAGEMENT; WATER POLLUTION; WATER QUALITY; WATER TREATMENT;

EID: 84861183720     PISSN: 00431354     EISSN: 18792448     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.watres.2012.03.024     Document Type: Article

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