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In the United States, the newly promulgateddisinfectant/disinfection by-product (D/DBP) regulationsforce water treatment utilities to be more concerned withfinished and distributed water qualities. In this study,monitoring of DBP formation was conducted from three Frenchwater treatment plants trying to assess DBP variationsthrough time and space. Compared to the in-plant totaltrihalomethanes (TTHM) levels, TTHM levels in thedistribution system increased from less than 150% to morethan 300%. Significant variations for TTHM and bromate(BrO3 -) levels throughout the seasons were alsoobserved; generally higher levels in the summer and lowerlevels in the winter. Combining chemical DBP models(empirical power functional models) and hydraulicsimulations, DBPs including TTHM and BrO3 - weresuccessfully simulated from the full-scale monitoring data,indicating that empirical DBP model can be a potential toolto access DBP formation in actual plants. This study alsoprovides the protocols to assess DBP simulations in thewater treatment systems.
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Sohn, J., Gatel, D. & Amy, G. Monitoring and Modeling of Disinfection By-Products (DBPs). Environ Monit Assess 70, 211–222 (2001). https://doi.org/10.1023/A:1010671800696
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