Haloforms and Related Compounds in Drinking Water

• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Other Authors: Nikolaou, Anastasia (Editor, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/edt)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Berlin, Heidelberg : Springer Berlin Heidelberg : Imprint: Springer, 2003.
• Edition: 1st ed. 2003.
• Series: Water Pollution, 5 / 5G
• Subjects: Water pollution.; Environmental health.; Environmental pollution.; Environmental management.; Waste Water Technology / Water Pollution Control / Water Management / Aquatic Pollution.; Water and Health.; Terrestrial Pollution.; Environmental Management.

Drinking water quality has been a matter of concern for several decades. Disinfection of drinking water improves its microbiological quality and prevents disease outbreaks. However, continuously increasing scientific research concerns the presence of organic and inorganic contaminants in water. Many...

Table of Contents:

• Formation of Haloforms in Drinking Water
• Formation of Brominated Organic Compounds in Chlorinated Drinking Water
• MX and Other Potentially Hazardous Chlorinated By-Products
• Ozonation By-Products
• Fate and Transport of Haloforms in Water Distribution Systems
• Health Effects of Haloforms in Drinking Water and Strategies for Their Control
• Analytical Methods for Determination of Haloforms in Drinking Water
• Occurrence and Regulation of Chlorination By-Products in Drinking Water.