Pilot-scale electrochemical disinfection of surface water: Assessing disinfection by-product and free chlorine formation

Water Science and Technology: Water Supply

Volumn 17, Issue 2, 2017, Pages 526-536

  Schaefer, Charles E ^a   Lavorgna, Graig M ^b   Webster, Todd S ^c   Deshusses, Marc A ^d   Andaya, Christina ^b   Urtiaga, Ana ^e  

^a CDM SMITH   (United States)

^b CB and I Federal Services LLC   (United States)

^c Envirogen Technologies Inc   (United States)

^d Duke University   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF CANTABRIA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Disinfection; Electrochemical; Haloacetic acids; Trihalomethanes

Indexed keywords

BACTERIA; BYPRODUCTS; CHLORINE; DISINFECTION; ELECTRODES; METALS; WATER TREATMENT;

DISINFECTION BY-PRODUCT; ELECTROCHEMICAL; ELECTROCHEMICAL DISINFECTION; ELECTROCHEMICAL SYSTEMS; ELECTROCHEMICAL TREATMENTS; HALOACETIC ACIDS; HETEROTROPHIC BACTERIAS; TRIHALOMETHANES;

SURFACE WATERS;

BROMIDE; BROMOFORM; CHLORATE; CHLORIDE; CHLORINE; HYPOCHLORITE; METAL OXIDE; NITRATE; NITRITE; PERCHLORATE; PHOSPHATE; SULFATE; SURFACE WATER; TRIHALOMETHANE;

BACTERIUM; CHEMICAL ALTERATION; CHLORINE; DISINFECTION; ELECTROCHEMICAL METHOD; ELECTRODE; ENERGY USE; INORGANIC ACID; METHANE; POLLUTANT REMOVAL; SURFACE WATER; WATER TREATMENT;

ALKALINITY; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BACTERIAL SPORE; COLONY FORMING UNIT; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONDUCTANCE; DISINFECTION; ESCHERICHIA COLI; HARDNESS; NONHUMAN; TURBIDITY; WASTE WATER MANAGEMENT;

EID: 85017096755     PISSN: 16069749     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2166/ws.2016.165     Document Type: Article

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