Nitrification in premise plumbing and its effect on corrosion and water quality degradation

Nitrification is increasingly of concern in US potable water systems, due to changes from chlorine to chloramine as a secondary disinfectant in order to comply with new regulations for disinfectant by-products. The ammonia that is released from the chloramine decay supports nitrification. A compreh...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Zhang, Yan
Other Authors: Environmental Engineering
Format: Others
Published: Virginia Tech 2014
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Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/10919/26943
http://scholar.lib.vt.edu/theses/available/etd-04172009-131856/