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Evaluation of the Physical–Chemical Characteristics of Wastewater After Disinfection with Peracetic Acid

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The use of peracetic acid (PAA) in the disinfection of sanitary effluents has been proposed by various authors. However, there are still doubts about its influence on the physical–chemical characteristics of the effluent after application. In the present study, it was observed that the composition of PAA leads to an increase in organic material, resulting in an increase of approximately 20 mg/L in the chemical oxygen demand of the effluent for every 10 mg/L of PAA applied. According to the kinetic tests, the degradation of PAA in the effluent was represented by a first-order reaction and its half-life in the effluent was estimated at 79 min. The formation of by-products resulting from degradation of PAA in the effluent was evaluated by considering by-products already detected by other authors in disinfection trials, these being nonanal, decanal, chlorophenols, and 1-methoxy-4-methylbenzene, which were not observed in the effluent being studied after application of PAA at a dosage of 10 mg/L.

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  1. Laboratory of Environmental Sanitation and Water Quality, State University of the Centro-Oeste (UNICENTRO), PR 153 km 7, Riozinho, Irati, Parana, 84500-000, Brazil

    Grasiele Soares Cavallini

  2. State University of Ponta Grossa—UEPG, Post-Graduation Program in Applied Chemistry, Avenue General Carlos Cavalcanti, 4748, Uvaranas, Ponta Grossa 84030-900, Parana, Brazil

    Sandro Xavier de Campos

  3. Department of Environmental Engineering, UNICENTRO, PR 153 km 7, Riozinho, Irati, Parana, 84500-000, Brazil

    Jeanette Beber de Souza & Carlos Magno de Sousa Vidal

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Cavallini, G.S., de Campos, S.X., de Souza, J.B. et al. Evaluation of the Physical–Chemical Characteristics of Wastewater After Disinfection with Peracetic Acid. Water Air Soil Pollut 224, 1752 (2013). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11270-013-1752-5

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