Print Email Facebook Twitter Characterizing natural organic matter in drinking water treatment processes and trains Title Characterizing natural organic matter in drinking water treatment processes and trains Author Baghoth, S.A. Contributor Amy, G.L. (promotor) Faculty Civil Engineering and Geosciences Department Water Management Date 2012-11-15 Abstract Natural organic matter (NOM) generally influences water treatment processes such as coagulation, oxidation, adsorption, and membrane filtration. NOM contributes colour, taste and odour in drinking water, fouls membranes, serves as a precursor for disinfection by-products, increases the exhaustion and usage rate of activated carbon and may promote microbial growth in water distribution networks. High performance size exclusion chromatography and fluorescence excitation-emission matrices were used to characterize NOM relatively quickly and with minimal sample preparation. These and other tools were used to improve our understanding of NOM character and behaviour during drinking water treatment. The study demonstrates the potential of multiple NOM characterization tools for the selection, operation and monitoring of water treatment processes. Subject Natural organic matterfluorescence excitation-emission matricessize exclusion chromatographycharacterization To reference this document use: http://resolver.tudelft.nl/uuid:dd16743d-46a4-4d2f-8949-8ebc2ad08ce2 Publisher CRC Press/Balkema ISBN 9781138000261 Part of collection Institutional Repository Document type doctoral thesis Rights (c) 2012 Baghoth, S.A. Files PDF UNESCO-IHE_PhD_BAGHOTH_THESIS.pdf 2.77 MB Close viewer /islandora/object/uuid:dd16743d-46a4-4d2f-8949-8ebc2ad08ce2/datastream/OBJ/view