Emerging organic contaminants (pharmaceutical compounds, personal care products,
pesticides, hormones, surfactants, fire retardants, fuel additives etc.) are increasingly found …

The use of biologically activated carbon (BAC) in drinking water purification is reviewed. In
the past BAC is seen mostly as a polishing treatment. However, BAC has the potential to …

Over the past 10–20years the amount of the natural organic matter (NOM) has been
increased in raw water supplies on several areas. The presence of NOM causes many …

The presence of nitrogenous disinfection by-products (N-DBPs), including nitrosamines,
cyanogen halides, haloacetonitriles, haloacetamides and halonitromethanes, in drinking …

The vacuum-UV radiation of water results in the in situ generation of hydroxyl radicals. Low-
pressure mercury vapor lamps which emit at 185 nm are potential sources of VUV radiation …

Due to the fluctuating quantity and quality of organic matter (OM) in surface waters,
continuous characterisation and the evaluation of its propensity to form disinfection …

Approximately 77 percent of the freshwater used in the United States comes from surface-
water sources and is subject to natural organic matter contamination according to the United …

In recent years research into the formation of nitrogenous disinfection by-products (N-DBPs)
in drinking water–including N-nitrosodimethylamine (NDMA), the haloacetonitriles (HANs) …

The UV/H2O2 process is a promising advanced oxidation process (AOP) for micropollutant
abatement in drinking water treatment and water reuse plants. However, during …

The ever-growing water pollution evokes the inevitability of disinfection, especially by
chlorination from decades, although the emergence of many carcinogenic disinfection by …