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An Overview of Natural Organic Matter

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ICDSMLA 2019

Part of the book series: Lecture Notes in Electrical Engineering ((LNEE,volume 601))

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Natural Organic Matter has become more popular due to increased presence of biological matter in water in the past 10–20 years because of global warming and other disturbances to the nature. NOM is a heterogeneous mixture of naturally occurring organic compounds, bacteria, soil particles, metals, etc., which are present in both water and soil. NOM plays a major role in natural aquatic ecosystems. This review focuses on the studies done by various researchers regarding the origin, measurement, control techniques as well as the health risks and hazardous effects of NOM in drinking water.

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Acknowledgements

We would like to express our deep gratitude to the Chancellor of Amrita Vishwa Vidyapeetham, Dr. Mata Amritanandamayi Devi, and a world-renowned humanitarian, popularly known as Amma. Her inspiring Mentorship facilitates a unique opportunity for a seamless blend of advanced scholarship and spiritual development. We wish to extend our thanks to the anonymous reviewers.

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  1. Department of Mechanical Engineering, Amrita Vishwa Vidyapeetham, Amritapuri, India

    Geena Prasad & Nithin Suresh

  2. Department of Biology, University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, USA

    Jewel Yoko Kentilitisca

  3. Amrita Center for Wireless Networks and Applications, Amrita Vishwa Vidyapeetham, Amritapuri, India

    Maneesha Vinodini Ramesh

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Prasad, G., Kentilitisca, J.Y., Ramesh, M.V., Suresh, N. (2020). An Overview of Natural Organic Matter. In: Kumar, A., Paprzycki, M., Gunjan, V. (eds) ICDSMLA 2019. Lecture Notes in Electrical Engineering, vol 601. Springer, Singapore. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-15-1420-3_150

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