@article{Tang:2013:10.1016/j.envpol.2012.09.022,
author = {Tang, R and Clark, JM and Bond, T and Graham, N and Hughes, D and Freeman, C and Tang, R and Clark, JM and Bond, T and Graham, N and Hughes, D and Freeman, C},
doi = {10.1016/j.envpol.2012.09.022},
journal = {Environmental Pollution},
pages = {270--277},
title = {Assessment of potential climate change impacts on peatland dissolved organic carbon release and drinking water treatment from laboratory experiments.},
url = {http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.envpol.2012.09.022},
volume = {173},
year = {2013}
}

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TY  - JOUR
AB  - Catchments draining peat soils provide the majority of drinking water in the UK. Over the past decades, concentrations of dissolved organic carbon (DOC) have increased in surface waters. Residual DOC can cause harmful carcinogenic disinfection by-products to form during water treatment processes. Increased frequency and severity of droughts combined with and increased temperatures expected as the climate changes, have potentials to change water quality. We used a novel approach to investigate links between climate change, DOC release and subsequent effects on drinking water treatment. We designed a climate manipulation experiment to simulate projected climate changes and monitored releases from peat soil and litter, then simulated coagulation used in water treatment. We showed that the 'drought' simulation was the dominant factor altering DOC release and affected the ability to remove DOC. Our results imply that future short-term drought events could have a greater impact than increased temperature on DOC treatability.
AU  - Tang,R
AU  - Clark,JM
AU  - Bond,T
AU  - Graham,N
AU  - Hughes,D
AU  - Freeman,C
AU  - Tang,R
AU  - Clark,JM
AU  - Bond,T
AU  - Graham,N
AU  - Hughes,D
AU  - Freeman,C
DO  - 10.1016/j.envpol.2012.09.022
EP  - 277
PY  - 2013///
SN  - 0269-7491
SP  - 270
TI  - Assessment of potential climate change impacts on peatland dissolved organic carbon release and drinking water treatment from laboratory experiments.
T2  - Environmental Pollution
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.envpol.2012.09.022
UR  - http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23207497
UR  - http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0269749112004320
VL  - 173
ER  - 

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