Inorganic chemical quality of European tap-water: 1. Distribution of parameters and regulatory compliance

Applied Geochemistry

Volumn 59, Issue , 2015, Pages 200-210

  Banks, David ^a,b   Birke, Manfred ^c   Flem, Belinda ^d   Reimann, Clemens ^d  

^a Holymoor Consultancy Ltd   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GLASGOW   (United Kingdom)

^c FEDERAL INSTITUTE FOR GEOSCIENCES AND NATURAL RESOURCES BGR   (Germany)

^d GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF NORWAY   (Norway)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COST EFFECTIVENESS; INORGANIC CHEMICALS; POTABLE WATER; WATER; WATER TREATMENT;

COST EFFECTIVE; HYDROGEOCHEMICAL PROCESS; LOW DENSITY; NON-COMPLIANCE; POTENTIAL VALUES; STATISTICAL DISTRIBUTION; TAP-WATER SAMPLES; WATER REGULATION;

REGULATORY COMPLIANCE;

ARSENIC; COMPLIANCE; COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; DATA SET; DISTRIBUTION SYSTEM; DRINKING WATER; EUROPEAN UNION; LABORATORY METHOD; PARAMETERIZATION; SAMPLING; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

EUROPE;

EID: 84937963365     PISSN: 08832927     EISSN: 18729134     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.apgeochem.2014.10.016     Document Type: Article

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