Fate of geosmin and 2-methylisoborneol in full-scale water treatment plants

Water Research

Volumn 83, Issue , 2015, Pages 171-183

  Zamyadi, Arash ^a   Henderson, Rita ^a   Stuetz, Richard ^a   Hofmann, Ron ^b   Ho, Lionel ^c   Newcombe, Gayle ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^c SA WATER   (Australia)

Author keywords

Cyanobacteria; Geosmin; MIB; Taste and odour; Water treatment

Indexed keywords

ACTIVATED CARBON; BIOACTIVITY; CARBON; POTABLE WATER; WATER; WATER RECYCLING; WATER TREATMENT; WATER TREATMENT PLANTS;

2-METHYLISOBORNEOL; CYANOBACTERIA; EXTRACELLULAR COMPOUNDS; GEOSMIN; GRANULAR ACTIVATED CARBONS; INITIAL CONCENTRATION; MIB; TASTE AND ODOUR;

ACTIVATED CARBON TREATMENT;

2 METHYLISOBORNEOL; ACTIVATED CARBON; DRINKING WATER; GEOSMIN; 2-METHYLISOBORNEOL; BORNANE DERIVATIVE; CHARCOAL; NAPHTHOL DERIVATIVE; SEWAGE; WATER POLLUTANT;

ACCUMULATION RATE; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); CYANOBACTERIUM; GLOBAL PERSPECTIVE; ODOR; ORGANIC COMPOUND; PERFORMANCE ASSESSMENT; POLLUTANT REMOVAL; RECYCLING; SLUDGE; TASTE; WATER TREATMENT;

ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL ACTIVITY; CYANOBACTERIUM; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; NONHUMAN; ODOR; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SLUDGE; TASTE; WASTE WATER TREATMENT PLANT; WATER SUPPLY; ADSORPTION; BIOREMEDIATION; CHEMISTRY; METABOLISM; RECYCLING; SEWAGE; WATER MANAGEMENT; WATER POLLUTANT;

CYANOBACTERIA;

ADSORPTION; BIODEGRADATION, ENVIRONMENTAL; BORNANES; CHARCOAL; CYANOBACTERIA; NAPHTHOLS; RECYCLING; SEWAGE; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL; WATER PURIFICATION;

EID: 84947215004     PISSN: 00431354     EISSN: 18792448     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.watres.2015.06.038     Document Type: Article

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