Changes in the quality of river water before, during and after a major flood event associated with a La Niña cycle and treatment for drinking purposes

Journal of Environmental Sciences (China)

Volumn 26, Issue 10, 2014, Pages 1985-1993

  Murshed, Mohamad Fared ^a   Aslam, Zeeshan ^a   Lewis, Rosmala ^a   Chow, Christopher ^a,b,c   Wang, Dongsheng ^a,c   Drikas, Mary ^a,b,c   van Leeuwen, John ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^b AUSTRALIAN WATER QUALITY CENTRE   (Australia)

^c RESEARCH CENTER FOR ECO ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES   (China)

Author keywords

Alum; Coagulation; Flood; La Ni a; MEnCo prediction dose (EnCD)

Indexed keywords

COAGULATION; FLOODS; FLUORESCENCE; LANTHANUM; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; ORGANIC CARBON; POTABLE WATER; RIVERS; SIZE EXCLUSION CHROMATOGRAPHY; STREAM FLOW;

ALUM; DISSOLVED ORGANIC CARBON; FLUORESCENCE DETECTOR; HIGH MOLECULAR WEIGHT; HIGH PERFORMANCE SIZE EXCLUSION CHROMATOGRAPHY; MENCO PREDICTION DOSE (ENCD); NATURAL ORGANIC MATTERS; UV-ABSORBING COMPOUNDS;

CHEMICAL WATER TREATMENT;

CHROMATOGRAPHY; COAGULATION; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); DISSOLVED ORGANIC CARBON; DRINKING WATER; FLOOD; LA NINA; RIVER FLOW; RIVER SYSTEM; RIVER WATER; WATER QUALITY;

AUSTRALIA; MURRAY-DARLING BASIN;

CARBON; DRINKING WATER;

CLIMATE; FLOODING; GEL CHROMATOGRAPHY; HIGH PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; PH; RIVER; SPECTROFLUOROMETRY; ULTRAVIOLET SPECTROPHOTOMETRY;

CARBON; CHROMATOGRAPHY, GEL; CHROMATOGRAPHY, HIGH PRESSURE LIQUID; CLIMATE; DRINKING WATER; FLOODS; HYDROGEN-ION CONCENTRATION; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; RIVERS; SPECTROMETRY, FLUORESCENCE; SPECTROPHOTOMETRY, ULTRAVIOLET;

EID: 84912079083     PISSN: 10010742     EISSN: 18787320     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jes.2014.08.001     Document Type: Article

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