N-nitrosodimethylamine and trihalomethane formation and minimisation in Southeast Queensland drinking water

Environmental Monitoring and Assessment

Volumn 184, Issue 7, 2012, Pages 4207-4222

  Knight, Nicole ^a   Watson, Kalinda ^a   Farré, Maria José ^b   Shaw, Glen ^a  

^a GRIFFITH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

Author keywords

Advanced oxidation; Brominated THMs; Coagulation; Disinfection by products; Formation potential

Indexed keywords

ADVANCED OXIDATION; BROMINATED THMS; CHLORAMINATION; DISINFECTION BY-PRODUCT; DISINFECTION BYPRODUCTS; DISSOLVED ORGANIC CARBON; DISSOLVED ORGANIC NITROGEN; DRINKING WATER SOURCES; FERRIC CHLORIDE; FORMATION POTENTIAL; N-NITROSODIMETHYLAMINE; POLY (DIALLYLDIMETHYLAMMONIUM CHLORIDE); PRE-TREATMENT; PRODUCING WATER; QUEENSLAND; SOURCE WATERS; TRIHALOMETHANES; UV IRRADIATION;

AMINATION; BROMINE COMPOUNDS; BYPRODUCTS; CHLORINATION; CHLORINE COMPOUNDS; COAGULATION; DEGRADATION; DISINFECTION; PHOTODEGRADATION; WATER POLLUTION CONTROL;

CHEMICAL WATER TREATMENT;

ALUMINUM POTASSIUM SULFATE; DIMETHYLNITROSAMINE; DISSOLVED ORGANIC MATTER; DRINKING WATER; FERRIC CHLORIDE; HYDROGEN PEROXIDE; ORGANIC CARBON; ORGANIC NITROGEN; POLY(DIALLYLDIMETHYLAMMONIUM CHLORIDE); TRIHALOMETHANE;

BROMIDE; CHLORINATION; COAGULATION; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); DISINFECTION; DISSOLVED ORGANIC CARBON; DISSOLVED ORGANIC NITROGEN; DRINKING WATER; OXIDATION;

AMINATION; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; CARCINOGENICITY; CHLORINATION; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); DEGRADATION; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; OXIDATION; POLLUTION MONITORING; SALINITY; ULTRAVIOLET RADIATION; WASTE COMPONENT REMOVAL; WATER CONTAMINATION; WATER QUALITY; WATER STANDARD; WATER SUPPLY;

ALLYL COMPOUNDS; BROMIDES; DIMETHYLNITROSAMINE; DISINFECTANTS; DISINFECTION; DRINKING WATER; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FRESH WATER; HALOGENATION; NITROGEN; QUATERNARY AMMONIUM COMPOUNDS; QUEENSLAND; TRIHALOMETHANES; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL; WATER PURIFICATION; WATER SUPPLY;

AUSTRALIA; QUEENSLAND;

EID: 84864831571     PISSN: 01676369     EISSN: 15732959     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10661-011-2256-7     Document Type: Article

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