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Disinfection—Where Are We?
Author(s) -
Symons George E.,
Henderson Kenneth W.
Publication year - 1977
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.1551-8833.1977.tb06699.x
Subject(s) - water disinfection , potable water , environmental science , environmental planning , water treatment , waste management , business , environmental health , environmental engineering , engineering , medicine
Passage of the Safe Drinking Water Act and recent concern over chlorinated organics in potable water has quickened interest in the technology of water disinfection. The authors review the present state of water‐disinfection technology and provide a glimpse of what the future might hold.