Factors associated with sources, transport, and fate of chloroform and three other trihalomethanes in untreated groundwater used for drinking water

Environmental Science and Technology

Volumn 46, Issue 15, 2012, Pages 8189-8197

  Carter, Janet M ^a   Moran, Michael J ^a   Zogorski, John S ^b   Price, Curtis V ^a  

^a U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

^b DENVER FEDERAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANALYTICAL METHOD; ANALYTICAL RESULTS; ANTHROPOGENIC CONTAMINANTS; ANTHROPOGENIC SOURCES; ASSESSMENT LEVEL; BROMOFORM; CO-OCCURRENCE; CONCENTRATION DISTRIBUTIONS; DOMESTIC WELLS; LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; LOGISTIC REGRESSIONS; NON-POINT SOURCE; POINT SOURCES; SEPTIC SYSTEM; TRIHALOMETHANES; URBAN AREAS; URBAN LAND USE;

GROUNDWATER; LOGISTICS; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; WATER RECYCLING; WELLS;

CHLORINE COMPOUNDS;

BROMODICHLOROMETHANE; BROMOFORM; CHLOROFORM; DIBROMOCHLOROMETHANE; DRINKING WATER; GROUND WATER; NITRATE; ORGANIC COMPOUND; OXYGEN; TRIHALOMETHANE; WELL WATER;

ANTHROPOGENIC SOURCE; CHLOROFORM; DRINKING WATER; LOGISTICS; METHANE; POINT SOURCE; POLLUTANT TRANSPORT; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SPATIOTEMPORAL ANALYSIS; WELL WATER;

ANALYTIC METHOD; ARTICLE; BROMINATION; UNITED STATES; URBAN AREA; WATER ANALYSIS; WATER CONTAMINATION;

CHLOROFORM; DRINKING WATER; GROUNDWATER; TRIHALOMETHANES; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL;

UNITED STATES;

EID: 84864655623     PISSN: 0013936X     EISSN: 15205851     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/es301839p     Document Type: Article

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