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Suitability of Organic Matter Surrogates to Predict Trihalomethane Formation in Drinking Water Sources.


ABSTRACT: Broadly applicable disinfection by-product (DBP) precursor surrogate parameters could be leveraged at drinking water treatment plants (DWTPs) to curb formation of regulated DBPs, such as trihalomethanes (THMs). In this study, dissolved organic carbon (DOC), ultraviolet absorbance at 254?nm (UV254), fluorescence excitation/emission wavelength pairs (IEx/Em), and the maximum fluorescence intensities (FMAX) of components from parallel factor (PARAFAC) analysis were evaluated as total THM formation potential (TTHMFP) precursor surrogate parameters. A diverse set of source waters from eleven DWTPs located within watersheds underlain by six different soil orders were coagulated with alum at pH 6, 7, and 8, resulting in 44 sample waters. DOC, UV254, IEx/Em, and FMAX values were measured to characterize dissolved organic matter in raw and treated waters and THMs were quantified following formation potential tests with free chlorine. For the 44 sample waters, the linear TTHMFP correlation with UV254 was stronger (r2=0.89) than I240/562 (r2=0.81, the strongest surrogate parameter from excitation/emission matrix pair picking), FMAX from a humic/fulvic acid-like PARAFAC component (r2=0.78), and DOC (r2=0.75). Results indicate that UV254 was the most accurate TTHMFP precursor surrogate parameter assessed for a diverse group of raw and alum-coagulated waters.

SUBMITTER: Pifer AD 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC3961773 | biostudies-literature | 2014 Mar

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature

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Suitability of Organic Matter Surrogates to Predict Trihalomethane Formation in Drinking Water Sources.

Pifer Ashley D AD   Fairey Julian L JL  

Environmental engineering science 20140301 3


Broadly applicable disinfection by-product (DBP) precursor surrogate parameters could be leveraged at drinking water treatment plants (DWTPs) to curb formation of regulated DBPs, such as trihalomethanes (THMs). In this study, dissolved organic carbon (DOC), ultraviolet absorbance at 254 nm (UV<sub>254</sub>), fluorescence excitation/emission wavelength pairs (I<sub>Ex/Em</sub>), and the maximum fluorescence intensities (F<sub>MAX</sub>) of components from parallel factor (PARAFAC) analysis were  ...[more]

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