Nanofiltration membranes for removal of color and pathogens in small public drinking water sources

Journal of Environmental Engineering (United States)

Volumn 138, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 48-57

  Patterson, Craig ^a   Anderson, Anita ^b   Sinha, Rajib ^c   Muhammad, Nur ^d   Pearson, David ^d  

^a U S ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY   (United States)

^b MINNESOTA DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH   (United States)

^c Shaw e and I Inc   (United States)

^d Membrane Specialists LLC   (United States)

Author keywords

Bacteria; Color; Drinking water; Filtration; Nanotechnology; Pathogens; Public health; Viruses

Indexed keywords

BACILLUS SUBTILIS; BACTERIA REMOVAL; CONTROLLED LABORATORIES; DBP PRECURSORS; DISINFECTION BYPRODUCTS; DRINKING WATER SOURCES; ELEVATED LEVEL; FIELD CONDITIONS; LAKE WATERS; MINNESOTA; MOLECULAR WEIGHT CUTOFF; NATURAL ORGANIC MATTERS; NF MEMBRANES; PATHOGEN REMOVAL; PUBLIC WATER SUPPLY; REMOVAL EFFICIENCIES; RESEARCH STUDIES; SAFE DRINKING WATER; SMALL SYSTEMS; TOTAL ORGANIC CARBON; TUBULAR MEMBRANES; VIRUS REMOVAL;

BACTERIA; COLOR; COMPUTER VIRUSES; FILTRATION; NANOFILTRATION; NANOFILTRATION MEMBRANES; NANOTECHNOLOGY; PATHOGENS; POTABLE WATER; PUBLIC HEALTH; VIRUSES; WATER FILTRATION; WATER SUPPLY;

SURFACE WATERS;

BACTERIUM; CHLORINATION; COLOR; DRINKING WATER; FILTRATION; MEMBRANE; PATHOGENICITY; POLLUTANT REMOVAL; PUBLIC HEALTH; TOTAL ORGANIC CARBON; VIRUS;

MINNESOTA; UNITED STATES;

BACILLUS SUBTILIS; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS);

EID: 84868578787     PISSN: 07339372     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1061/(ASCE)EE.1943-7870.0000463     Document Type: Article

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