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Public health aspects of alternative water disinfectants
Author(s) -
Greenberg Arnold E.
Publication year - 1981
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.1551-8833.1981.tb04634.x
Subject(s) - chlorine dioxide , chlorine , ozone , chlorite , chemistry , environmental chemistry , disinfectant , water treatment , environmental science , inorganic chemistry , environmental engineering , organic chemistry , materials science , quartz , composite material
Although chlorine dioxide and ozone are good disinfecting agents, the health effects of their reaction products are incompletely understood. The chlorite ion produced by chlorine dioxide and oxidized organic compounds resulting from ozonation may be toxic. Until or unless these substances are identified and their safety demonstrated, neither chlorine dioxide nor ozone should be substituted for chlorine in water disinfection.