Chlorine dioxide (ClO 2 ) has been widely used in the process of preoxidation and disinfection as an excellent water treatment reagent. However, the inorganic by-products produced by ClO 2 , such as chlorite (ClO 2 − ) and chlorate (ClO 3 − ) are harmful to human health, and this has become a potential problem when using ClO 2 in drinking water treatment. In this study, ClO 2 alone and a ClO 2 /NaClO combination process were carried out to evaluate the algae removal efficiency of the treatment and the formation of disinfection by-products (DBPs: chlorite, chlorate, trihalomethanes and haloacetic acids) for high algae-laden water with 124.16 µg L −1 chlorophyll a (Chl.a) content. The results show that disinfection with 1.5 mg L −1 ClO 2 alone results in a ClO 2 − concentration exceeding 0.7 mg L −1 . ClO 2 preoxidation/ClO 2 disinfection is applicable for the control of effluent quality, but the ClO 2 − concentration still has an excessive risk when using 0.8 mg L −1 and 0.6 mg L −1 ClO 2 for the two process, respectively. In the ClO 2 /NaClO combination process, the ClO 2 − concentration is below 0.6 mg L −1 , and trihalomethane (THM) and haloacetic acid (HAA) concentrations are lower than 60% of the maximum contaminant levels (MCLs) set by the World Health Organization (WHO). Further, the formation of ClO 2 − is more effectively controlled by NaClO preoxidation/ClO 2 disinfection than ClO 2 preoxidation/NaClO disinfection.
Yulong Yang,Jiao Feng,Shicui Zhu,Jinshu Zhou,Kejia Zhang,Xiaoyan Ma,Danial Gallagher,Andrea M. Dietrich
Nitrogenous disinfection by-products (N-DBPs) are more genotoxic and cytotoxic than the currently regulated carbonaceous DBPs (i.e., C-DBPs), and it has become a frontier issue of drinking water safety research. In this paper, the effect of granular activated carbon (GAC) on adsorption and its influencing factors was investigated for a typical N-DBP phenylacetonitrile, which is produced during chlorination of phenylalanine precursor during water treatment. The results showed that GAC had a high adsorption capacity (q max = 22.92 mg/g) for phenylacetonitrile, and the adsorption isotherm was fitted to the Langmuir isotherm model. Pseudo-second-order equation can well describe the behavior of phenylacetonitrile adsorption on activated carbon (R 2 > 0.990), and the adsorption rate constant k 2 = 0.7780–14.12 g/(mg h). Analysis of the influencing factors showed that higher phenylacetonitrile concentration improved the adsorption equilibrium capacity and the adsorption rate. Water temperature and pH had little effect on the capacity or rate of adsorption.
Wang Wanfeng,Liang Fang,Guo Yanling,Wu Ruijie,Pan Feng,Jin Caixia,Wang Jun
Since nitrosamine disinfection by products is highly carcinogenic, they have attracted considerable attention due to their increased presence in ambient waterways and potable water supplies. For the present study, the potential formation of nitrosamines from corresponding precursor secondary amines during ozonation was investigated. The results revealed that five nitrosamines were observed during the ozonation of their corresponding secondary amines. The molar yields initially increased and then decreased with longer contact times and higher ozone doses. These phenomena indicated that ozone not only promoted nitrosamine formation but also degraded the formed nitrosamines. High pH had a positive influence on nitrosamine formation at room temperature. Further, coexisting substances including nitrate, nitrite, humic acid, and tert-butanol inhibited the generation of nitrosamines due to hydroxyl radical (·OH) competition and scavengers, whereas in the presence of hydroxylamine, nitrosamine formation increased considerably without ozone due to its capacity for independent formation between secondary amines and hydroxylamine. Further, the generation of nitrosamines from secondary amines was primarily attributed to O 3 and ·OH oxidation, which was produced through the decomposition of ozone. The transformation pathways were mainly comprised of the indirect routes between the O 3 /·OH intermediates. The findings of this study were helpful toward expanding the knowledge of nitrosamine formation during the corresponding precursor secondary amine ozonation process.
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