Adam Eyring, Sean McKelvey, Maria Luciani, Robert Tuttle, Adam Hendricks
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Abstract
For disinfection, chlorine dioxide is used as an alternative to chlorine because of the lower formation of regulated organic disinfection byproducts (DBPs).
A pilot-scale study by the Philadelphia Water Department investigated replacing free chlorine with chlorine dioxide as a preoxidant, with application at the filters being the first point of chlorination.
By using chlorine dioxide, both regulated and unregulated DBPs were found to be 10%–30% of the levels seen at a full-scale plant that uses chlorine and chloramines.
A simulated distribution system test with chloramine indicated that the final DBP levels would be significantly lower than those at the full-scale plant.
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