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Humic substances as precursors for potentially harmful disinfection by-products
Water Science & Technology · 1999 · Vol. 40(9)
Abstract
During the chlorination of drinking water, chlorine reacts with natural organic material to produce disinfection by-products, such as trihalomethanes and haloacetic acids, which are believed to be harmful to human health. The formation of these by-products is related to the aromatic carbon content of the water, for which specific ultraviolet absorbance serves as a useful surrogate. Because humic substances in water tend to have a higher aromatic carbon content and a higher specific ultraviolet absorbance than non-humic substances, they produce greater levels of disinfection by-products.
Funding
- Université de Poitiers
- University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
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