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CHLOROFORM LEVELS IN THE DRINKING WATER OF HYDERABAD CITY, INDIA

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A one-year study was conducted on the chloroform concentrationof the municipal drinking water of Hyderabad City. Consumertap water samples were collected from different parts of thewater-distribution system of the city. Duplicate samplescollected from the sites were extracted with organic solvent,pentane and analysed using a gas chromatograph equipped with63Ni electron capture detector. Results indicate avariation in haloform concentration in different seasons ofthe year. A maximum concentration, ranging from 67.0–70.5μg/l was observed during the summer. However, the meanlevel of chloroform was below the permissible level of 30μg/l recommended by WHO (1984).

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SRIKANTH, R. CHLOROFORM LEVELS IN THE DRINKING WATER OF HYDERABAD CITY, INDIA. Environ Monit Assess 45, 195–199 (1997). https://doi.org/10.1023/A:1005742812511

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