Factors affecting the water odor caused by chloramines during drinking water disinfection

• Published in: The Science of the total environment Vol. 639; pp. 687 - 694
• Main Authors: Wang, An-Qi, Lin, Yi-Li, Xu, Bin, Hu, Chen-Yan, Gao, Ze-Chen, Liu, Zhi, Cao, Tong-Cheng, Gao, Nai-Yun
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Netherlands Elsevier B.V 15.10.2018
• Subjects: Chloramines - analysis; Dichloramine; disinfection; Disinfection - methods; Drinking Water - chemistry; Drinking water odor; flavor; Flavor profile analysis; Monochloramine decay; odor compounds; Odorants; odors; tap water; temperature; temporal variation; Water Purification - methods; water treatment; Dichloramine; Monochloramine decay; Flavor profile analysis; Drinking water odor

Chloramine disinfection is one of the most common disinfection methods in drinking water treatment. In this study, the temporal variability of water odors during monochloramine auto-decomposition was investigated to elucidate the characteristics of odor problems caused by adopting chloramine disinfe...