Disinfection By-Product Formation in Drinking Water Treated with Chlorine Following UV Photolysis & UV/H<sub>2</sub>O<sub>2</sub>

ABSTRACT As far back as the early 1900?s when it was discovered that water could be a mode of transmitting diseases, chlorine was used to disinfect water. In the 1970?s, the formation of disinfection by-products (DBPs) from the reaction of chlorine with natural organic matter was discovered....

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Main Author: Adedapo, Remilekun
Format: Others
Language:en
Published: University of Waterloo 2006
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Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/10012/919