Molecular size distribution of dissolved organic matter in water of the Pearl River and trihalomethane formation characteristics with chlorine and chlorine dioxide treatments

Journal of Hazardous Materials

Volumn 134, Issue 1-3, 2006, Pages 60-66

  Zhao, Zhen Ye ^a   Gu, Ji Dong ^a,b   Fan, Xiao Jun ^c   Li, Hai Bo ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^c The Macao Water Supply Co Ltd   (China)

^d Shenzhen Haina Water Co   (China)

Author keywords

Chlorine; Chlorine dioxide; Disinfection by products (DBPs); Dissolved organic matter (DOM); Drinking water

Indexed keywords

CHLORINE; CHLORINE COMPOUNDS; HALOGEN COMPOUNDS; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; POTABLE WATER; REVERSE OSMOSIS; WATER TREATMENT;

DISINFECTION BY-PRODUCTS (DBP); DISSOLVED ORGANIC MATTER (DOM); MOLECULAR SIZE DISTRIBUTION; TRIHALOMETHANE;

RIVER POLLUTION;

CHLORINE; CHLORINE DIOXIDE; DISSOLVED ORGANIC MATTER; TRIHALOMETHANE; WATER;

CHLORINE; CHLORINE COMPOUNDS; HALOGEN COMPOUNDS; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; POTABLE WATER; REVERSE OSMOSIS; RIVER POLLUTION; WATER TREATMENT;

CHLORINE; DISSOLVED ORGANIC MATTER; HUMAN ACTIVITY; RIVER WATER; SIZE DISTRIBUTION; WATER TREATMENT;

ARTICLE; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; CHEMICAL REACTION; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); DEVICE; DISINFECTION; HUMAN ACTIVITIES; LIGHT ABSORPTION; MEMBRANE; MOLECULAR SIZE; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; REVERSE OSMOSIS; RIVER; SOLUBILITY; WATER CONTAMINATION; WATER POLLUTION; WATER SAMPLING; WATER TREATMENT;

CHLORINE; CHLORINE COMPOUNDS; DISINFECTION; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; OXIDES; RIVERS; TRIHALOMETHANES; WATER POLLUTION; WATER PURIFICATION;

ASIA; CHINA; EURASIA; FAR EAST; GUANGDONG; GUANGZHOU; NORTH AMERICA; PEARL RIVER [UNITED STATES]; UNITED STATES; ZHUJIANG;

EID: 33747454985     PISSN: 03043894     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jhazmat.2005.10.032     Document Type: Article

References (48)

1. Bellar T.A., Lichetenberg J.J., and Korner R.C. The occurrence of organohalides in chlorinated drinking water. J. Am. Water Work Assoc. 66 (1974) 703-706
2. Rook J.J. Haloforms in drinking-water. J. Am. Water Work Assoc. 68 (1976) 168-172
3. Myers A.G. Evaluating alternative disinfectants for THM control in small systems. J. Am. Water Work Assoc. 82 (1990) 77-84
4. G.G. Gordon, Chlorine-free chlorine dioxide for drinking water, in: Proceedings of the Fifth International Symposium Chemical Oxidation: Technology for the Nineties, February 1995, pp. 250-259.
5. Chang C.Y., Hsieh Y.H., Hsu S.S., Hu P.Y., and Wang K.H. The formation of disinfection by-products in water treated with chlorine dioxide. J. Hazard. Mater. B79 (2000) 89-102
6. Krasner S.W., Mcguire M.J., Jacangelo J.G., Patania N.L., Reagan K.M., and Aieta E.M. The occurrence of disinfection by-products in US drinking water. J. Am. Water Work Assoc. 81 (1989) 41-53
7. Arora H., Chevallier M.W., and Dixon K.L. DBP occurrence survey. J. Am. Water Work Assoc. 89 (1997) 60-68
8. Singer P.C. Formation and characterization of disinfection by-products. In: Craun G.F. (Ed). Safety of Water Disinfection: Balancing Chemical and Microbial Risk, (1993), ILSI Press, Washington, DC 201-211
9. Batterman S., Zhang L.Z., and Wang S.Q. Quenching of chlorination disinfection by-product formation in drinking water by hydrogen peroxide. Water Res. 34 (2000) 1652-1658
10. Shemer H., and Narkis N. Mechanisms and inorganic byproducts of trihalomethane compounds sonodegradation. Environ. Sci. Technol. 38 (2004) 4856-4859
11. Watt B.E., Malcolm R.L., Hayes M.H.B., Clark N.E.W., and Chipman J.K. Chemistry and potential mutagenicity of humic substances in waters from different watersheds in Britain and Ireland. Water Res. 30 (1996) 1502-1516
12. Hintelmann H., Welbourn P.M., and Evans R.D. Measurement of complexation of methylmercury(II) compounds by freshwater humic substances using equilibrium dialysis. Environ. Sci. Technol. 31 (1997) 489-495
13. Cheng W.P., and Chi F.H. Influence of eutrophication on the coagulation efficiency in reservoir water. Chemosphere 53 (2003) 773-778
14. Marhaba T.F., and Doanh Van P.E. The variation of mass and disinfection by-product formation potential of dissolved organic matter fractions along a conventional surface water treatment plant. J. Hazard. Mater. A74 (2000) 133-147
15. Vahala R., Långvik V.A., and Laukkanen R. Controlling adsorbable organic halogens (AOX) and trihalomethanes (THMs) formation by ozonation and two-step granule activated carbon (GAC) filtration. Water Sci. Technol. 40 (1999) 249-256
16. Nissinen T.K., Miettinen I.T., Martikainen P.J., and Vartiainen T. Disinfection by-products in Finnish drinking waters. Chemosphere 48 (2002) 9-20
17. Fu P., Ruiz H., Thompson K., and Spangenberg C. Selecting membranes for removing NOM and DBP precursors. J. Am. Water Work Assoc. 86 (1994) 55-78
18. Shin H.S., Monsallier J.M., and Choppin G.R. Spectroscopic and chemical characterizations of molecular size fractionated humic acid. Talanta 50 (1999) 641-647
19. Tradanier C.J., Berry D.F., and Knocke W.R. Dissolved organic matter apparent molecular weight distribution and number-average apparent molecular weight by batch ultrafiltration. Environ. Sci. Technol. 34 (2000) 2348-2353
20. Panyapinyopol B., Marhaba T.F., Kanokkantapong V., and Pavasant P. Characterization of precursors to trihalomethanes formation in Bangkok source water. J. Hazard. Mater. B120 (2005) 229-236
21. Chang E.E., Chiang P.C., Ko Y.W., and Lan W.H. Characteristics of organic precursors and their relationship with disinfection by-products. Chemosphere 44 (2001) 1231-1236
22. Serkiz S.M., and Perdue E.M. Isolation of dissolved organic matter from the suwannee river using reverse osmosis. Water Res. 24 (1990) 911-917
23. Benner R., Biddanda B., Black B., and McCarthy M. Abundance, size distribution, and stable carbon and nitrogen isotopic compositions of marine organic matter isolated by tangential-flow ultrafiltration. Mar. Chem. 57 (1997) 243-263
24. Martin-Mousset B., Croue J.P., Lefebvre E., and Legube B. Distribution and characterization of dissolved organic matter of surface waters. Water Res. 31 (1997) 541-553
25. Gjessing E.T., Egeberg P.K., and Håkedal J. Natural organic matter in drinking water-the "NOM-typing project", background and basic characteristics of original water samples and NOM isolates. Environ. Int. 25 (1999) 145-159
26. Kalbitz K., Geyer S., and Geyer W. A comparative characterization of dissolved organic matter by means of original aqueous samples and isolated humic substances. Chemosphere 40 (2000) 1305-1312
27. Kilduff J.E., Mattaraj S., Wigton A., Kitis M., and Karanfil T. Effects of reverse osmosis isolation on reactivity of naturally occurring dissolved organic matter in physicochemical processes. Water Res. 38 (2004) 1026-1036
28. Bull R.J., Robinson M., Meier J.R., and Stober J. Use of biological assay systems to assess the relative carcinogenic hazards of disinfection by-products. Environ. Health Perspect. 46 (1982) 215-227
29. Bull R.J., Birnbaum L.S., Cantor K.P., Rose J.B., Butterworth B.E., Pegram R., and Tuomisto J. Water chlorination: essential process or cancer hazard?. Fundam. Appl. Toxicol. 28 (1995) 155-166
30. Glaze W.H., Andelman J.B., Bull R.J., Conolly R.B., Hertz C.D., Hood R.D., and Pegram R.A. Determining health risks associated with disinfectants and disinfection by-products-research needs. J. Am. Water Work Assoc. 85 (1993) 53-56
31. Ma H., Allen H.E., and Yu J.Y. Characterization of isolated fractions of dissolved organic matter from natural waters and wastewater effluent. Water Res. 35 (2001) 985-996
32. APHA, Standard Methods for the Examination of Water and Wastewater, 20th ed. American Public Health Association, Washington, DC, 1998.
33. US Environmental Protection Agency, Method 8260, Volatile Organic Compounds by Gas Chromatography/Mass Spectrometry (GC/MS), 1996.
34. Golfinopoulos S.K., Lekkas T.D., and Nikolaou A.D. Comparison of methods for determination of volatile organic compounds in drinking water. Chemosphere 45 (2001) 275-284
35. Schnoor J.L., Nitzschke J.L., Lucas R.D., and Veenstra J.N. Trihalomethane yields as a function of precursor molecular weight. Environ. Sci. Technol. 13 (1979) 1134-1138
36. Amy G.L., Sierka R.A., Bedessem J., Price D., and Tan L. Molecular size distributions of dissolved organic matter. J. Am. Water Work Assoc. 84 (1992) 67-75
37. Schnitzer M. Humic Substances: Chemistry and Reaction. In Soil Organic Matter (1978), Elsevier, Amsterdam pp. 1-64
38. Hem L.J., and Efraimsen H. Assimilable organic carbon in molecular weight fractions of natural organic matter. Water Res. 35 (2001) 1106-1110
39. Noble P.A., Clark D.L., and Olson B.H. Biological stability of groundwater. J. Am. Water Work Assoc. 88 (1996) 87-96
40. Reckhow D.A., and Singer P.C. Chlorination by-products in drinking waters: from formation potentials to finished water concentrations. J. Am. Water Work Assoc. 82 (1990) 173-180
41. Li J.W., Yu Z.B., Cai X.P., Gao M., and Chao F.H. Trihalomethanes formation in water treated with chlorine dioxide. Water Res. 30 (1996) 2371-2376
42. Golfinopoulos S.K. The occurrence of trihalomethanes in the drinking water in Greece. Chemosphere 41 (2000) 1761-1767
43. Hsu C.H., Jeng W.L., Chang R.M., Chien L.C., and Han B.C. Estimation of potential lifetime cancer risks for trihalomethanes from consuming chlorinated drinking water in Taiwan. Environ. Res. 85 (2001) 77-82
44. Sérodes J.B., Rodriguez M.J., Li H., and Bouchard C. Occurrence of THMs and HAAs in experimental chlorinated waters of the Quebec City area (Canada). Chemosphere 51 (2003) 253-263
45. Gang D., Clevenger T.E., and Banerji S.K. Relationship of chlorine decay and THMs formation to NOM size. J. Hazard. Mater. A96 (2003) 1-12
46. Singer P.C. Humic substances as precursors for potentially harmful disinfection by-products. Water Sci. Technol. 40 (1999) 25-30
47. Ballschmiter K. Pattern and sources of naturally produced organohalogens in the marine environment: biogenic formation of organohalogens. Chemosphere 52 (2003) 313-324
48. G.W. Harrington, A. Bruchet, D. Rybacki, P.C. Singer, Characteriztion of natural organic matter and its reactivity with chlorine, in: R.A. Minear, G.L. Amy (Eds.), Water Disinfection and Nature Organic Matter: Characteriztion and Control, ACS Symposium Series 649, Amer. Chem. Soc., Washington, DC, 1996, pp. 138-158.