Integrated hydraulic and organophosphate pesticide injection simulations for enhancing event detection in water distribution systems

Water Research

Volumn 63, Issue , 2014, Pages 271-284

  Schwartz, Rafi ^a   Lahav, Ori ^a   Ostfeld, Avi ^a  

^a TECHNION ISRAEL INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Israel)

Author keywords

Chlorpyrifos; Contamination events; EPANET MSX; Event detection; Parathion; Water distribution systems

Indexed keywords

ALKALINITY; CHLORINE; CONTAMINATION; DROPS; PESTICIDES; PH; RIVER POLLUTION; WATER DISTRIBUTION SYSTEMS; WATER QUALITY;

CHLORPYRIFOS; CONTAMINATION EVENTS; EPANET-MSX; EVENT DETECTION; PARATHION;

POLLUTION DETECTION;

CHLORINE; CHLORPYRIFOS; GROUND WATER; ORGANOPHOSPHATE PESTICIDE; PARATHION; INSECTICIDE; WATER POLLUTANT;

ACIDITY; ALKALINITY; CHLORINE; DETECTION METHOD; HYDRAULICS; HYDROLOGICAL MODELING; ORGANOPHOSPHATE; OXIDATION; PESTICIDE; POLLUTANT TRANSPORT; WATER POLLUTION; WATER SUPPLY;

ACIDITY; ALKALINITY; ARTICLE; CHEMICAL REACTION; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONTROLLED STUDY; DEGRADATION; DESALINATION; INJECTION; METHODOLOGY; OXIDATION; PH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SIMULATION; STOICHIOMETRY; WATER CONTAMINATION; WATER QUALITY; WATER SUPPLY; ANALYSIS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; THEORETICAL MODEL; WATER POLLUTANT;

CHLORPYRIFOS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; INSECTICIDES; MODELS, THEORETICAL; PARATHION; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL; WATER QUALITY; WATER SUPPLY;

EID: 84904041988     PISSN: 00431354     EISSN: 18792448     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.watres.2014.06.030     Document Type: Article

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