Chemicals in reverse osmosis-treated wastewater: Occurrence, health risk, and contribution to residual dissolved organic carbon

Journal of Water Supply: Research and Technology - AQUA

Volumn 61, Issue 8, 2012, Pages 494-505

  Linge, Kathryn L ^a   Blair, Palenque ^b   Busetti, Francesco ^a   Rodriguez, Clemencia ^c   Heitz, Anna ^a  

^a CURTIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b Water Corporation Leederville   (Australia)

^c DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH   (Australia)

Author keywords

Chemical risk; Groundwater replenishment; Indirect potable reuse; Reverse osmosis; Screening health risk assessment; Water recycling

Indexed keywords

CHEMICAL RISKS; COMPLEXING AGENTS; DISINFECTION BY-PRODUCT; DISSOLVED ORGANIC CARBON; HIGH CONCENTRATION; INDIRECT POTABLE REUSE; MEDIAN CONCENTRATION; MONITORING PROGRAMMES; N-NITROSAMINES; NATURAL ORGANIC MATTERS; PERSONAL CARE PRODUCTS; QUALITY AND SAFETIES; RO MEMBRANE; SOLUBLE MICROBIAL PRODUCTS; TREATMENT PROCESS;

AGENTS; GROUNDWATER; NITROSAMINES; POTABLE WATER; REPLENISHMENT (WATER RESOURCES); REVERSE OSMOSIS; RISK ASSESSMENT; STREAM FLOW; VOLATILE ORGANIC COMPOUNDS; WASTEWATER TREATMENT; WATER RECYCLING;

CHEMICAL DETECTION;

CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); DATA SET; DISINFECTION; DISSOLVED ORGANIC CARBON; HEALTH RISK; OSMOSIS; QUALITY CONTROL; RISK ASSESSMENT; SAFETY; WASTEWATER; WATER QUALITY; WATER TREATMENT;

EID: 84874589622     PISSN: 00037214     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2166/aqua.2012.047     Document Type: Article

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