Comparing removal of trace organic compounds and assimilable organic carbon (AOC) at advanced and traditional water treatment plants

Environmental Monitoring and Assessment

Volumn 184, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 3491-3501

  Lou, Jie Chung ^a   Lin, Chung Yi ^a   Han, Jia Yun ^a   Tseng, Wei Biu ^a   Hsu, Kai Lin ^a   Chang, Ting Wei ^a  

^a NATIONAL SUN YAT SEN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Advanced water treatment plant; AutoNet; Biological activated carbon filters; Trace organic compounds

Indexed keywords

ADVANCED WATER TREATMENT PROCESS; ASSIMILABLE ORGANIC CARBON; AUTONET; BIOLOGICAL ACTIVATED CARBON FILTERS; DISSOLVED ORGANIC CARBON; DISTRIBUTION SYSTEMS; PROCESSING METHOD; RAPID FILTER; REMOVAL RATE; TOTAL ORGANIC CARBON; TRACE ORGANIC COMPOUNDS; TREATMENT PLANTS; WATER TREATMENT PROCESS; WATER TREATMENT UNIT;

COAGULATION; FILTERS (FOR FLUIDS); WATER TREATMENT PLANTS;

ORGANIC CARBON;

ASSIMILABLE ORGANIC CARBON; DRINKING WATER; ORGANIC CARBON; ORGANIC MATTER; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; CARBON; ORGANIC COMPOUND;

COAGULATION; DRINKING WATER; FILTER; MICROORGANISM; ORGANIC CARBON; ORGANIC COMPOUND; SEDIMENTATION; WATER QUALITY; WATER SUPPLY; WATER TREATMENT;

ARTICLE; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; CLINICAL EFFECTIVENESS; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONDUCTANCE; COVALENT BOND; HYDROPHILICITY; HYDROPHOBICITY; METAL RECOVERY; OXIDATION; PH; SEDIMENTATION; WASTE WATER TREATMENT PLANT; WATER ANALYSIS; WATER QUALITY; WATER SAMPLING; WATER TEMPERATURE; CHEMISTRY; COMPARATIVE STUDY; METHODOLOGY; SEWAGE; STATISTICS; WATER MANAGEMENT; WATER POLLUTANT;

CHENG CHING LAKE; TAIWAN;

CARBON; DRINKING WATER; ORGANIC CHEMICALS; WASTE DISPOSAL, FLUID; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL; WATER PURIFICATION;

EID: 84863748863     PISSN: 01676369     EISSN: 15732959     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10661-011-2203-7     Document Type: Article

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