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The formation of disinfection by-products in water treated with chlorine dioxide
C Y Chang1, Y H Hsieh, S S Hsu
1Department of Environmental Engineering, National Chung-Hsing University, 250 Kuo-Kuang Road, Taichung, Taiwan. cychang@enve.ev.nchu.edu.tw
Abstract:
In this study, chlorine dioxide (ClO(2)) was used as an alternative disinfection agent with humic acid as the organic precursor in a natural aquatic environment. The major topics in this investigation consisted of the disinfection efficiency of ClO(2), the formation of disinfection by-products (DBPs), and the operating conditions. The results indicated that the pH value (pH 5-9) did not affect the efficiency of disinfection while the concentration of organic precursors did. The primary DBPs formed were trihalomethanes (THMs) and haloacetic acids (HAAs). The distribution of the individual species was a function of the bromide content. The higher the ClO(2) dosage, the lower the amount of DBPs produced. The amount of DBPs increased with reaction time, with chlorite ions as the primary inorganic by-product.
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