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Formation and Removal of Organic Micropollutants in Drinking Water Treatment

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Organic Micropollutants in the Aquatic Environment

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A short review is given of the possibilities and restrictions of different unit operations in drinking water treatment in relation to micropollutant removal.

The currently used techniques perform poorly with regard to the removal of micropollutants with low kow partition coëfficiënts. A more thorough evaluation of the relation between physico-chemical characteristics of organic micropollutants and their removal in water treatment is needed. Results of such studies could be helpful in orienting future studies.

The formation of oxidation by-products is looked at in more detail with emphasis on ozonization, which produces a.o. low molecular weight aldehydes and short chain carboxylic acid. Experimental evidence suggests that these compounds can be removed easily through microbiological activity.

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  1. Study Center for Water Research c/o Antwerp Waterworks, Mechelsesteenweg 64, 2018, Antwerp, Belgium

    F. Van Hoof

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  1. SCATEC, Slependen, Norway

    A. Bjørseth

  2. Directorate-General for Science, Research and Development, Commission of the European Communities, Brussels, Belgium

    G. Angeletti

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Van Hoof, F. (1986). Formation and Removal of Organic Micropollutants in Drinking Water Treatment. In: Bjørseth, A., Angeletti, G. (eds) Organic Micropollutants in the Aquatic Environment. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-009-4660-6_40

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