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Article: Disinfection characteristics of the dissolved organic fractions at several stages of a conventional drinking water treatment plant in Southern China

TitleDisinfection characteristics of the dissolved organic fractions at several stages of a conventional drinking water treatment plant in Southern China
Authors
KeywordsChlorine consumption
Disinfection by-products
Dissolved organic matter (DOM)
Drinking water
Reverse osmosis
Issue Date2009
PublisherElsevier BV. The Journal's web site is located at http://www.elsevier.com/locate/jhazmat
Citation
Journal Of Hazardous Materials, 2009, v. 172 n. 2-3, p. 1093-1099 How to Cite?
AbstractDissolved organic matter (DOM) influences many aspects of drinking water treatment, including the formation of harmful disinfection by-products (DBPs) when disinfectants are applied. DOM was isolated and fractionated using membrane ultra-filtration (UF) and reverse osmosis (RO) to eight individual fractions based on molecular weight cut-offs from a conventional surface water treatment plant (WTP) in Guangzhou of PR China. Molecular weights of these eight fractions were further calibrated using high performance size exclusion chromatography (HPSEC) and they ranged from 0.36 to 182.6 kDa. Fractions with molecular weight <0.80 kDa obtained by YC-05 UF membrane and RO were the major ones in all four stages of the water treatment processes; both ZM-500 and YM-100 membranes showed the highest removal efficiency when coupling with conventional coagulation and sedimentation processes. The elemental analysis showed that YC-05 fraction had greater polarity and aromaticity than any of the others. Furthermore, disinfection characteristics and trihalomethane formation potential (THMFP) were determined for all DOM fractions obtained in this study. YC-05 fraction was the major precursor for trihalomethane (THMs) formation among the samples tested and could be removed effectively by particulate activated carbon (PAC) adsorption. RO fraction could not be removed by PAC adsorption and, as a result, consumed more chlorine in the disinfection process. The results suggested that advanced drinking water treatment should focus on the removal of low molecular weight DOM in the source water. © 2009 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.
Persistent Identifierhttp://hdl.handle.net/10722/71586
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2023 Impact Factor: 12.2
2023 SCImago Journal Rankings: 2.950
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Funding AgencyGrant Number
Guangdong Natural Science Funds021425
Funding Information:

This work was financially supported by Guangdong Natural Science Funds (021425) and additional support on Sustainable Water by the Faculty of Science, The University of Hong Kong. We thanks the comments of anonymous reviewers in improving this manuscript.

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dc.contributor.authorZhao, ZYen_HK
dc.contributor.authorGu, JDen_HK
dc.contributor.authorLi, HBen_HK
dc.contributor.authorLi, XYen_HK
dc.contributor.authorLeung, KMYen_HK
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dc.date.issued2009en_HK
dc.identifier.citationJournal Of Hazardous Materials, 2009, v. 172 n. 2-3, p. 1093-1099en_HK
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dc.description.abstractDissolved organic matter (DOM) influences many aspects of drinking water treatment, including the formation of harmful disinfection by-products (DBPs) when disinfectants are applied. DOM was isolated and fractionated using membrane ultra-filtration (UF) and reverse osmosis (RO) to eight individual fractions based on molecular weight cut-offs from a conventional surface water treatment plant (WTP) in Guangzhou of PR China. Molecular weights of these eight fractions were further calibrated using high performance size exclusion chromatography (HPSEC) and they ranged from 0.36 to 182.6 kDa. Fractions with molecular weight <0.80 kDa obtained by YC-05 UF membrane and RO were the major ones in all four stages of the water treatment processes; both ZM-500 and YM-100 membranes showed the highest removal efficiency when coupling with conventional coagulation and sedimentation processes. The elemental analysis showed that YC-05 fraction had greater polarity and aromaticity than any of the others. Furthermore, disinfection characteristics and trihalomethane formation potential (THMFP) were determined for all DOM fractions obtained in this study. YC-05 fraction was the major precursor for trihalomethane (THMs) formation among the samples tested and could be removed effectively by particulate activated carbon (PAC) adsorption. RO fraction could not be removed by PAC adsorption and, as a result, consumed more chlorine in the disinfection process. The results suggested that advanced drinking water treatment should focus on the removal of low molecular weight DOM in the source water. © 2009 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.en_HK
dc.languageengen_HK
dc.publisherElsevier BV. The Journal's web site is located at http://www.elsevier.com/locate/jhazmaten_HK
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dc.subjectChlorine consumptionen_HK
dc.subjectDisinfection by-productsen_HK
dc.subjectDissolved organic matter (DOM)en_HK
dc.subjectDrinking wateren_HK
dc.subjectReverse osmosisen_HK
dc.subject.meshDisinfection - methods - standards-
dc.subject.meshOrganic Chemicals - analysis-
dc.subject.meshTrihalomethanes-
dc.subject.meshWater Purification - standards-
dc.subject.meshWater Supply - analysis - standards-
dc.titleDisinfection characteristics of the dissolved organic fractions at several stages of a conventional drinking water treatment plant in Southern Chinaen_HK
dc.typeArticleen_HK
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dc.identifier.doi10.1016/j.jhazmat.2009.07.101en_HK
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