Effect of pH on the formation of disinfection byproducts in swimming pool water - Is less THM better?

Water Research

Volumn 46, Issue 19, 2012, Pages 6399-6409

  Hansen, Kamilla M S ^a   Willach, Sarah ^a,b   Antoniou, Maria G ^a,c   Mosbæk, Hans ^a   Albrechtsen, Hans Jørgen ^a   Andersen, Henrik R ^a  

^a TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF DENMARK   (Denmark)

^b UNIVERSITY OF DUISBURG ESSEN   (Germany)

^c CYPRUS UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Cyprus)

Author keywords

Haloacetonitrile; PH; Swimming pool; Toxicity; Trihalomethane

Indexed keywords

BODY FLUIDS; CHLORINATION; CHLORINE COMPOUNDS; CYTOTOXICITY; DISINFECTION; LAKES; PH; SWIMMING POOLS; TOXICITY;

DISINFECTION BY-PRODUCT; DISINFECTION BYPRODUCTS; EXPERIMENTAL CONDITIONS; HALOACETONITRILE; HALOACETONITRILES; INITIAL CONCENTRATION; SWIMMING POOL WATER; TRIHALOMETHANES;

PH EFFECTS;

EID: 84868302848     PISSN: 00431354     EISSN: 18792448     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.watres.2012.09.008     Document Type: Article

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