Problems caused by dissolved organic matter (DOM) present in drinking water include its constituent compounds being precursors in the formation of disinfection by-products that pose risks to human health. The prediction of trihalomethanes (THM) formation is highly challenging due to a wide range of impacting factors, including the concentration and character of DOM, pH, temperature and the pres...

The Sustainable Development Goal (SDG) 6.1, established by the United Nations General Assembly in 2015, targets universal and equitable access to safe affordable drinking water for all 2030. An essential factor achieving this goal is harnessing of “green” coagulants – naturally occurring, environmentally friendly materials which are effective use treatment, with good availability developing cou...

Background & Aims of the Study: Saveh city -located in the semi-arid area in Iran- has brackish water and it was forced to use reverse osmosis desalting systems.  Water is not distributed through the distribution network to homes so, people have to buy water from certain places and transfer water through household storage vessel. They have to buy more water and keep it at home for more than 1 w...

Treatment plants are faced with the challenge of stricter regulations and higher standards for finished water quality. New developments in control strategies and instrument design have overcome some of the previous limitations of monitoring and controlling the coagulation process. An online floc analyzer provides valuable information on the dynamics of particle aggregation subsequent to coagula...

The raw water of water treatment works ‘the Blankaart’ (Belgium) is characterized by high levels of NOM and alkalinity. From 2006 until present, the possibility of applying fluidized ion exchange for NOM removal at the Blankaart plant has been investigated. Although the efficiency of ion exchange with respect to NOM removal has already been demonstrated by numerous studies on a wide range of ra...

Studies of plasma from mice, rats, and human volunteers evaluated methods for the extraction and quantification of the positron emission tomography ligand [F]8-cyclopentyl-3-(3-fluoropropyl)1-propylxanthine ([F]CPFPX) and identification of its metabolites in plasma by thin-layer chromatography and high-performance liquid chromatography (HPLC). Analysis of human, mouse, and rat plasma extracts b...

agement strategies for rice, which would be less dependent on synthetic herbicides. A bioactivity-guided isolation method was developed with the obThe search for allelochemicals in rice necessitates jective of isolating the allelochemicals in rice (Oryza sativa L.). Roots evaluating the activity in a laboratory set-up to distinof the allelopathic rice cultivar Taichung Native 1, grown hydroponi...