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Organics In Water Quality—Dilemma Or Opportunity?
Author(s) -
Bolton Charles M.
Publication year - 1976
Publication title -
opflow
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 1551-8701
pISSN - 0149-8029
DOI - 10.1002/j.1551-8701.1976.tb00859.x
Subject(s) - dilemma , water quality , environmental science , waste management , quality (philosophy) , water treatment , activated carbon , business , environmental engineering , chemistry , engineering , adsorption , organic chemistry , ecology , mathematics , philosophy , geometry , epistemology , biology
Organics are present in finished water and their presence causes concern. Some of these organics have been found to be cancer‐causing substances and their removal from finished water has been advocated. Other organics may be necessary and elimination of all organics could pose equally serious problems. The laboratory costs involved in testing and eliminating organics could become prohibitive. Methods which could be used for the improvement of water quality are the addition or substitution of granular activated carbon for sand filters, and the use of ozonation.