Samples of water and sediment from a conventional drinking-water-treatment (DWT) plant were analyzed for 113 organic compounds (OCs) that included pharmaceuticals, detergent degradates, flame retardants and plasticizers, polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs), fragrances and flavorants, pesticides and an insect repellent, and plant and animal steroids. 45 of these compounds were detected in sa...

background: toluene is a volatile organic compound, one of 189 hazardous air pollutants (hap s ) and the most important pollutant found in most industries and indoor environments; owing to its adverse health, toluene must be treated before being released into the environment. methods : in this research study, a continuous-flow system (including an air compressor, silica gel filters and activate...

The general purpose of this study is to optimise the removal of precursors of taste and odour compounds, especially 2,4,6-chlorophenol, at a water treatment plant. Nowadays, there are frequently problems of taste and odour in drinking water due to the presence of various types of compounds. Some of these are already present in the resource but o thers are generated during the chlorination stage...

Anion exchange resins (AERs) with different properties were evaluated for their ability to remove dissolved organic matter (DOM) and bromide, and to reduce disinfection by-product (DBP) formation potentials of water collected from a eutrophic surface water source in Japan. DOM and bromide were simultaneously removed by all selected AERs in batch adsorption experiments. A polyacrylic magnetic io...

The activated sludge process is commonly used to treat wastewater by aerobic oxidation of organic pollutants into carbon dioxide and water. However, several nonoxidative mechanisms can also contribute to removal of organics. Sorption onto activated sludge can remove a large fraction of the colloidal and particulate wastewater organics. Intracellular storage of, e.g., polyhydroxyalkanoates (PHA)...

humic substances (hS) constitute a large part of organic matter found in aquatic environment. the hS strongly interact with both inorganic and organic pollutants. Occurrence of the hS in groundwater accounts for many problems with treatment procedures. these natural components cause an increased intensity of water colour, affect its taste and odour, hinder removal of iron, manganese and other m...

The subject of research was groundwater from Quaternary formations with high concentration of total iron, increased colour and turbidity, and an increased amount of organic substances and manganese. Successful purification of such water creates technological problems and is practically impossible to achieve by applying traditional groundwater treatment processes. One of the ways recommended for...