Articles | Volume 3, issue 1
https://doi.org/10.5194/dwes-3-63-2010
https://doi.org/10.5194/dwes-3-63-2010
29 Apr 2010
 | 29 Apr 2010

Fluorescence spectroscopy as a tool for determination of organic matter removal efficiency at water treatment works

M. Z. Bieroza, J. Bridgeman, and A. Baker

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