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Future of Chlorination
Author(s) -
Morris J. Carrell
Publication year - 1966
Publication title -
journal ‐ american water works association
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.466
H-Index - 74
eISSN - 1551-8833
pISSN - 0003-150X
DOI - 10.1002/j.1551-8833.1966.tb01719.x
Subject(s) - water disinfection , industrialisation , risk analysis (engineering) , quality (philosophy) , business , task (project management) , population , waste management , engineering , environmental health , medicine , economics , systems engineering , philosophy , epistemology , market economy
Recently, the ability of chlorination to adequately meet the possible future requirements for effective disinfection has been questioned. As demand for water grows, as industrialization and increasing population density produce continually greater impairment in the quality of available supplies, and as standards for hygienically safe water become stricter, the task of disinfection will become even greater and more difficult. This article discusses doubts about the effectiveness of chlorination to meet this increased responsibility in comparison with other existing or foreseeable methods of disinfection.