Impact of water treatment on the contribution of faucets to dissolved and particulate lead release at the tap

Water Research

Volumn 46, Issue 16, 2012, Pages 5205-5216

  Cartier, Clément ^a   Nour, Shokoufeh ^a   Richer, Benoit ^b   Deshommes, Elise ^a   Prévost, Michèle ^a  

^a Université Laval   (Canada)

^b Correctional Service of Canada ^*  (Canada)

Author keywords

Brass; Corrosion; Dezincification; Drinking water; Faucet; Galvanic corrosion; Lead; Pilot study

Indexed keywords

BRASS; CHLORINE COMPOUNDS; COPPER CORROSION; CORROSION; DEALLOYING; GALVANIC CORROSION; LEACHING; LEAD; POTABLE WATER; SULFUR COMPOUNDS; WATER QUALITY; WATER TREATMENT;

BUILDING COMPLEXES; CHLORIDE-TO-SULFATE MASS RATIOS; CORROSION CONTROL; DEZINCIFICATION; FAUCET; FIELD STUDIES; PB CONCENTRATION; PILOT STUDIES;

LEAD REMOVAL (WATER TREATMENT);

CHLORIDE; COPPER; LEAD; PHOSPHATE; SULFATE; TAP WATER;

BRASS; CHLORIDE; COPPER; CORROSION; CORROSION CONTROL; DISSOLVED LOAD; DRINKING WATER; FIELD SURVEY; LEACHING; LEAD; ORTHOPHOSPHATE; PARTICULATE MATTER; PH; PIPE; WATER QUALITY; WATER TREATMENT; ZINC;

ARTICLE; BUILDING; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORROSION; FIELD STUDY; LEACHING; PH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SAMPLE; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; WATER QUALITY; WATER TREATMENT;

EID: 84865983855     PISSN: 00431354     EISSN: 18792448     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.watres.2012.07.002     Document Type: Article

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