A critical review of trihalomethane and haloacetic acid formation from natural organic matter surrogates

Environmental Technology Reviews

Volumn 1, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 93-113

  Bond, Tom ^a,b   Goslan, Emma H ^a   Parsons, Simon A ^a   Jefferson, Bruce ^a  

^a CRANFIELD UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

chlorination; chloroform; disinfection by products; drinking water; model compounds

Indexed keywords

EID: 84886474703     PISSN: 21622515     EISSN: 21622523     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09593330.2012.705895     Document Type: Article

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