Title | Chlorination by-products in drinking waters: From formation potentials to finished water concentrations |
Publication Type | Journal Article |
Year of Publication | 1990 |
Authors | Reckhow DA, Singer PC |
Journal | Journal (American Water Works Association) |
Volume | 82 |
Issue | 4 |
Start Page | 173 |
Pagination | 173-180 |
Date Published | 04/1990 |
Keywords | chlorination, Chlorine, coagulation, Halides, Potable water, Trihalomethanes, Waste byproducts, Water color, Water tables, Water treatment |
Abstract | The objective of the research described in this article was to partially bridge the gap between formation potentials in model systems, e.g., humic substances, and by-product concentrations likely to be encountered in finished waters. The chlorination by-products chosen for study were trihalomethanes, total organic halide, trichloroacetic acid, dichloroacetic acid, trichloro- acetone, and dichloroacetonitrile. By-product formation from colored raw waters was found to be similar to that observed for aquatic humic and fulvic acids. Alum coagulation of a moderately colored surface water resulted in the removal of 50-90 percent of all by-product precursors tested. |
URL | http://www.jstor.org/stable/41293428 |