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Proposed Regulations on Organic: “Premature” …
Author(s) -
Furst Arthur
Publication year - 1978
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.1551-8833.1978.tb04236.x
Subject(s) - total organic carbon , environmental science , work (physics) , carcinogen , waste management , business , biochemical engineering , chemistry , environmental chemistry , engineering , organic chemistry , mechanical engineering
The organics regulations require that water systems serving large populations install a device using granular activated carbon (GAC) to reduce the level of synthetic organic chemicals to the maximum extent feasible. Sufficient work on testing the purity of GAC has not been done. The possibility of exchanging a very weak carcinogen in drinking water for a much more potent one must be examined.