Disinfection byproduct yields from the chlorination of natural waters
Archives of Environmental Contamination and Toxicology
By: R. E. Rathbun
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Abstract
Yields for the formation of trihalomethane and nonpurgeable total organic-halide disinfection byproducts were determined as a function of pH and initial free-chlorine concentration for the chlorination of water from the Mississippi, Missouri, and Ohio Rivers. Samples were collected at 12 sites on the Mississippi River from Minneapolis, MN, to New Orleans. LA, and on the Missouri and Ohio Rivers 1.6 km above their confluences with the Mississippi during the summer, fall, and spring seasons of the year. Yields varied little with distance along the Mississippi River, although the dissolved organic-carbon concentration decreased considerably with distance downstream. Yields for the Missouri and Ohio were comparable to yields for the Mississippi, despite much higher bromide concentrations for the Missouri and Ohio. Trihalomethane yields increased as the pH and initial free- chlorine concentration increased. Nonpurgeable total organic-halide yields also increased as the initial free-chlorine concentration increased, but decreased as the pH increased.
Suggested Citation
Rathbun, R.E., 1996, Disinfection byproduct yields from the chlorination of natural waters: Archives of Environmental Contamination and Toxicology, v. 31, no. 3, p. 420-425, https://doi.org/10.1007/s002449900127.
| Publication type | Article |
|---|---|
| Publication Subtype | Journal Article |
| Title | Disinfection byproduct yields from the chlorination of natural waters |
| Series title | Archives of Environmental Contamination and Toxicology |
| DOI | 10.1007/s002449900127 |
| Volume | 31 |
| Issue | 3 |
| Year Published | 1996 |
| Language | English |
| Larger Work Type | Article |
| Larger Work Subtype | Journal Article |
| Larger Work Title | Archives of Environmental Contamination and Toxicology |
| First page | 420 |
| Last page | 425 |