Features

• Addresses current regulations on water treatment by-products
• Describes various techniques, including high energy electron beam irradiation and gamma radiation methods, for by-product removal
• Includes case studies illustrating the formation and control of treatment by-products
• Contains chapters on chloramines and chlorine dioxide and discusses the influence of natural organic matter (NOM) on by-products

Summary

Disinfection By-Products in Water Treatment describes new government regulations related to disinfection by-products. It explains the formation of microorganism by-products during water treatment and the methods employed to control them.
The book includes several chapters on chlorine by-products and discusses techniques for the removal of chloroform from drinking water. It also describes gamma radiation techniques for removing microorganic by-product precursors from natural waters and the removal of bromate from drinking water.