Seasonal and spatial variations of source and drinking water quality in small municipal systems of two Canadian regions

Science of the Total Environment

Volumn 508, Issue , 2015, Pages 514-524

  Scheili, A ^a   Rodriguez, M J ^a   Sadiq, R ^b  

^a UNIVERSITÉ LAVAL   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Drinking water; Haloacetic acids; Small systems; Spatio temporal variability; Trihalomethanes; Water quality

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL MATERIALS; CHLORINE; EFFLUENT TREATMENT; INFORMATION MANAGEMENT; QUALITY MANAGEMENT; WATER; WATER CONSERVATION; WATER DISTRIBUTION SYSTEMS; WATER MANAGEMENT; WATER QUALITY;

DISTRIBUTION SYSTEMS; HALOACETIC ACIDS; HETEROTROPHIC PLATE COUNTS; MICROBIOLOGICAL WATER QUALITY; NATURAL ORGANIC MATTERS; SMALL SYSTEMS; SPATIOTEMPORAL VARIABILITY; TRIHALOMETHANES;

POTABLE WATER;

ACETIC ACID; CHLORINE; DRINKING WATER; HALOACETIC ACID; NATURAL ORGANIC MATTER; TRIHALOMETHANE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; WATER POLLUTANT;

DRINKING WATER; MICROBIOLOGY; ORGANIC MATTER; PHYSICOCHEMICAL PROPERTY; SEASONAL VARIATION; SPATIAL VARIATION; TEMPORAL VARIATION; WATER QUALITY;

ARTICLE; CANADA; CHEMICAL PARAMETERS; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); DEGRADATION KINETICS; HETEROTROPHIC PLATE COUNT; PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY; SEASONAL VARIATION; TOTAL QUALITY MANAGEMENT; WATER ANALYSIS; WATER QUALITY; WATER SAMPLING; WATER SUPPLY; WATER TREATMENT; ANALYSIS; CHEMISTRY; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; SEASON; SPATIAL ANALYSIS; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; WATER POLLUTANT;

CANADA; NEWFOUNDLAND AND LABRADOR; QUEBEC [CANADA];

CANADA; DRINKING WATER; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; NEWFOUNDLAND AND LABRADOR; QUEBEC; SEASONS; SPATIAL ANALYSIS; WATER POLLUTANTS; WATER QUALITY; WATER SUPPLY;

EID: 84920198348     PISSN: 00489697     EISSN: 18791026     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2014.11.069     Document Type: Article

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