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orp
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ank m y f
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and fr i
end
s wh
o s e u ndy i
ng l
ove and
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orth
a sc a r
ri
ed m
e th
r o ug h
wh
e n ti m
e s w e r e r oug h
a nd h
aveh
el p
ed m
e to a c c om p l i
sh
th
eg
o al
sI
h
a v e s etf
orm y
s el f
.T h i
ste ch
ni
c al
r ep
orti
sd
edi
c ated
tom y g ra
nd m
oth
er ,M
rs.L i l l i
a nM
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eC
ourt.C
H
A P T E
R
1
I N T
R O
D
U C
T I
O N
W
i
th
th
e up
c om i
ng p
a s s ag
e of
the
D i
sin
f
e cta nts and D i
si
nf
e ctionB y
-P
r od
ucts(
D / D B P
)
R
ule
, stri
cter reg
ul
ati
onswi l l b
ep l
ac ed
on tri hal
om
ethane s(
T H
M
s)
a nd h
al
o a c eti
c a ci d
s(
H A A
s)
,b
oth
of w h i
ch
ar e s u sp
e cted h
um
a n c a r cin o
g
e n s r e sult
in
g fr
om
th
e r e a cti
o n of
natu r a
l
org
a ni
cm
at ter(
N O
M
)
w i
th
ch l
ori
ne.S
everal
op
ti
ons ar e av ai l
ab le
to uti l it
i
e s to a ch i
e veD B
P c o ntr ol:
1)
m
o v e t hep
oin
t of
ch
lo rin e
d i
sinf
e ctio nf
u rt he rdo
w
nin
the tr e atm
ent tr ain
,2
)
r ed
u c e the am
o unt of N
O
M
in
w
ater tol
ow
e r th
e c o n c e ntr ati
o n of T H
M
a n
d H A A p
r e c u r s o r sb
ef
o r e th
ep
oin
t of
ch l
o rin a
tio n
,3
)
r em
o v e theb
y
-p
r od
u cts o n c e they
aref
o rm
ed
, a nd 4
)
u s e al
te r n ativ e
d isi
nf
e cta nts to ch l
o rin
e.H
al
og
e n ated D B P fo r
m
atio n
g
ene r al l y i
n cre a s e sw i
th
chl
ori
n e c o nta ct ti
m
e, s om
ovin
g
the
p
oin
t of d i
sinf
e ctio
nfu
rth
e rd
ow
nin
th
e tr e atm
e ntp
ro c e s sw i l l m in
i m i
ze the
ti m
ef
o rb y
-p
r odu
ctf
orm
atio
n and
al l
ow
ch l
o rin e
tob
e ap p l i
ed
aft
e rN O
M
h
a sb
e e n rem
oved b y
e a rU
er tre atm
entp
r o c e s s e s.H
ow
eve r,d is
in
f
e cti
o n ef fe c
tivene s sm
ay b
elo
w
ered b
e c a u s e of
th
e red
uc ed
ch lo
rin e
c onta ct t
i
m
e.R
em
ov al
of T H
M
s and H A A
s aft
e rfo
rm
ati
oni
sd iffi
c ul
t.So
m
e c om m
o n tre atme ntp
r a ctic e sf
or rem
ovin
g p
r e c urs o rm
ateri
al
ar e c o ag
ula
tio
n and
s edi m
entatio
n,
m
em b
r a n e s ep
a r ati
o n, a nd
ad
s o rp
tio n o n
tog
r a n ul
ar a ctiv a
ted
c a rb
o n(
G A C
)
.A l
te r n ativ
ed i
sinf
e cta ntsi
n clu
d
e th
e u s e of
ch lo r
i
n ed i
oxi de
, ul
tr avi
ole
t(
U V
)
i
r r ad i
ati
o n, c om b in e
d
ch l
ori
n e, and
ozone.T h
e us e of
ozo n e a s an oxi da
nt and di
si
nf
e ctanth
a slo
ng b
e enp
racti
c ed i
nE
urop
e and i
s r ap i dl y g
ain
i
ng p
op
ul
ari
ty i
n theU
nit
ed St
ate s.M
ol
e cul
ar ozo n eb y i
ts el f is a
n excel l
entd i
sinf
e cta nt a nd
a very
s el
e ctiv
e oxi d
ant,b
ut as ozoned
e c om p
o s e s,h y d
r oxy l
r ad i
c al
s(
0 H
°)
a r ef
o rm
ed
,w h i
ch
arem
u ch
str o ng
e r a nd l
e s s s el
e ctiv
e oxi d
a nts.T h i
s s u s c ep
tib i l i
ty
tod
e c om p
o si
tio ni
nd ic a
te s th
at ozo n ei
sve ry
u n stab
l
ei
n wate r a nd i
ti
s the r efo r e
d
i
ffi
cul
t tom
ai
ntai
n a n ozone re si du
al
.T h
u s, ozone
m
ay b
e eff
e cti
ve a s ap
ri
m
ary d i
sin
f
e cta nt,b
utm
u stb
e c om b in
ed w i
th a s e c ond
ary di
si
nf
e ctant tom
ai
ntai
n an ad
eq
uate r e si dual in
the
d i
stri buti
o n sy
stem
.A l
thoug h
o z oneh
a sb
e e n show
n tob
e eff
e ctiv
e at oxi d iz
in
g T H
M
and H A A p
r e cu rs ors, ozone al
s o re a ctsw i
th N O
M
tofo
rm i
ts ow
nb y
-p
rodu
cts;m
uch le s s
i
sk
n ow
n ab
out ozo n ati
o nD B P
s th
a n ch l
o ri
natio nD B P
s.I
n th
ep
a stf
ew y
e a r s, o u rkn o
w l
ed g
e of
ozon at
io
nD B P
sh
a sin c
re a s ed
,b
ut stil l l
ag
sb
eh in
d
c om p
a r ed
to o u rk
n ow l
ed g
e of
I
th
a sb
een sh
ow
n th
at o z o n ein
cre as e s theb i
od
eg
r ada
b i U
ty
of N O
M
and
th
at th
eb y
¬p
r od
ucts of
ozonati
on ar eth
em
s el
ve sb i
od
eg
ra
d
ab l
e.T h
us, ozonati
onf
ol l
ow
ed by
b i
ol
og i
c al f i l
tra tion c anb
e an ef fe
ctiv e
m
ethod
of
rem
ovin
g T H
M
a nd H A A p
r e c urs o r sb
ef
o r e ch l
ori
nati
on a sw
el l
a s r em
ovin
g
th
eb y
-p
rod
ucts of
ozonation.L
ow m
ole c u
la
rw
ei g h
t(M W )
al de
h y d
e s(
e.g
.,
f
orm
al d
eh y d
e, a c etal de
h y d
e,g l y
o x al
, and
m
eth y l g l y
oxal
)
are am
aj
o r cl
a s s of b y
-p
r odu c
tsf
o rm
ed fr
om
ozonati
o n.F
orm
al d
eh y d
e c o n c e ntr ati
o n si m m
edi
ately f
oll
ow in
g o z o n ati
o nh
a v eb
e e n r ep
o rted
atp
ote ntial l y
c ar c
in o
g
e ni
cl
evels
.A
c etal de
hy d
e c oncentra tio
ns areg
ene r al l y l
ow
e r th
anp
roj
e cted
r e
g
ul
ato ry l
evel
s.H
e al
th
ef fe c
tsd
ata o ng l y
o x al
a nd m
eth y l g l y
oxal i
s notk
n ow
n; a s s u ch
, the s
e c om p
o u nd
s are not cu r rentl y
r eg
ula
ted
,bu
t a s toxi
c ol
og i
c al
stud ie s a
rep
erf
orm
ed
, th
ey
c oul d b
ec om
e c om p
ou nd
s of
co n c ern .T h i
s stud y
s e ek
s to exam i
neth
e ef fe c
t of
ozonedo s e o n
th
ef
o rm
ati
o n of
al d
eh y d
e s a nd
to ob
tain
in
f
o rm
ati
o n on al d
eh y d
e r em
oval
thr o ug h b i
od
eg
ra
d
atio n a nd
ads o r
p
tio n
.T h
ek i
n eti
c s of b i
od
eg
ra
da
tio n
a rede
te rm i
n ed b y p
a s sing
s olu
ti
o n s of
ozonated N O
M
s olu
ti
ons co ntai
ni
ng
al de
hy d
es th
ro ug h
aba
tch
re cy
cle
re
actor.T h
eb i
old
n etic
da
tafr
om
th
eb
atch
re cy
cl
e exp
eri m
e nts ar ef
it ted
tok i
n etic
m
od
el
s.T h
em
od
el
sfo
r al d
eh y d
e r em
oval
a r e te sted
using
a c ontin
u o u sf lo
w
sy
stem
.A l de
hy d
e r em
o v al b y
ad
s orp
ti
oni
s exam i
n ed b y
ad d in
g p
ow d
er ed
a cti
vated
c arbo n
(
P A
C
)
to al de
hy d
e-c ontain
i
ng
s olu
ti
ons.T h i
s stud y w
a sp
a rt of
anE P A
-sC H
A P T E
R
2
L I
T E R
A
T
U R E
R
E V I E
W
2
.1
N
atur al O
rg
a ni
cM
at ter a nd D i
si
nf
e cti
o nB
y -P
ro
d
u ctF
orm
ati
o nN O
M
i
s a term
us ed
tod
e s cri b
e th
e c om p l
exm
atri
x of
n atu ral
o rg
ani
cm
ateri
al p
re s enti
nr a
w w
aters.T h
ep
r e s e n c e of N O
M
i
nd ri
nk i
ng w
ater c anl
e ad
top
rob l
em
sl i k
eD B P
fo r
m
ati
o n,b
a cteri
al
r eg
r ow th i
nd i
stri b
uti
on sy
s tem
,i
n cre a sed di
sin
f
e cta nt and
coag
ul
antd
em
a nd
, red
u c ed
G
A
C
ad
s o rbe r
b
ed l i f
e, c ol
o r, a nd
ta ste s a nd
od
o r s.T
otal
o rg
ani
c c arb
on(
T O
C
)
i
s ty p i
c al l y
us ed
a s am
e as u re of
th
e am
ount of p
re cu rs orm
ateri
al
a v ai l
ab le
f
o r org
ani
cD B P f
o rm
ati
on.A
nd
r ew
sa nd H
u ck
(
19 9
4)
h
av e sh
ow
n th
att
h
eh
um i
cp
o rti
on of T O C i
sth
em
o sti m p
o rtantp
r e cu rs or of b y
-p
rod
uctf
orm
ati
o n.O
wenet a
l
(
19 9 5
)
p
re s e nted d
ata s ug g
e sti
ng
tha
t a sig
ni fi
cantp
erce ntag
e of
reg
ul
ated D B F
s c a n al
s ob
ef
orm
ed fr
om
th
e n on-h
u
m i
cfr
acti
onw h i
ch m
ay
al
sob
e re sp
o nsi b l
ef
or ag
re aterp
r op
orti
on of B D O C
.B y
-p
rod
uctf
o rm
ati
oni
sl
arg
el y d
ep
end
ent on th
e sp
e ci f i
cd i
si
nf
e cta nts app l i
ed
and
on th
e nature of
th
eN O
M
, a sd i ff
erentD B F
s a r ep
ref
erenti
al l y
f
orm
ed b y d i ff
e rentfr
a cti
ons.T h
u s,
i
ti
si m p
ortant to c o rrel
ate th
e n atu r e of
th
eN O
M
a nd
th
e re s ul ti
ng D B F
sf
o rm
ed
.C hl
ori
n e rea ctsw i
th N O
M
tof
orm
a vari
ety
of
ch l
ori
nated
c a r ci
n og
eni
c a nd m
utag
eni
cb y
¬p
rod
u ctsi
n cl
udi
ng T H
M
s a nd H A A
s.T h
ep
rop
o s ed D / D B P R
ul
e(
U S E F A
,19 9
4b
)
w i l l
esta
b l i
sh
r eg
ul
ated l
evel
s of
th
e s e tw
o cl
ass es of
c om p
ou nd
sw h i
ch
wi l l f
orc e uti l i ti
es tos e e
k
al
te r n ati
v em
eth
od
sto ch l
ori
nef
ord i
sin
f
e cti
on or to rem
oveN O
M
b
ef
ore ch l
ori
nati
onb y
al
teri
ng
th
ei
r tre atm
e ntp
ra cti
c e s.A l
te r n ati
ved i
si
nf
e cta nts, s u ch
a s ozone,h
aveb
e e ne
m
e rg i
ng i
ndr
i
nk i
ng w
ater tre atm
e ntp
r acti
c e,b
ut c om p
a r ati
vel y l i
tti
ei
sk
now
n ab
out th
ei
rD B F
s c om p
ared
to ch lo r
i
nati
onD B F
s.2
.2
O
zo n ei
nD
ri
nk i
ng
W
aterT
r e atm
e ntO
z o n eh
a s s eve r al
ch
ara cteri
sti
c s th
atm
ak
ei
ts u s ag
e at ti^ ctiv
ef
ordri
nk i
ng w
ate r tr e atm
ent.H
ow
ever, t
h
ere arep
ote nti
al d
raw b
a ck
sth
at c oul d l i
m
i
t th
e us e of
ozonati
on .T h
e overal l
i m p
a ct of
ozo n ati
o ni
sd
ep
end
e nt o np
r o c e s s c o nd i ti
o n s and w
aterq
u al i
ty
ch
a r acteri
sti
c s(
S i
ng
e r,19 9 0
)
.S
om
e of
th
eb
enefi
ts of
ozonei
nclu
d
ei
tsp
ow
er a s ad i
si
nf
e ctan td
e c r e a s e si
n c onc entr ati
ons of m
a ng
ane s e,i
ron and p h
enol i
cm
ateri
al
s, and i
ng
e n eral
, ad
e c r e a s ei
nm
utag
e ni
c a cti
vi
ty
.S
om
e of
th
ed
r aw b
a ck
si
n cl
ud
ei
tsi
n stab i l i
ty i
n wate r,i
n cre a s e si
nb i
od
eg
r ad
ab i l i
ty
of i
ts oxi d
ati
o nb y
-p
r od
ucts, th
ef
o rm
ati
o n of i
ts ow
nD B F
s, th
e enh
anc ed f
orm
ati
o n of
s e v e ral
chl
ori
nated
org
ani
c s up
on s eco nd
a ry d i
si
nf
e cti
on, and
,i
n s om
e c a s e s,th
ep
r od
ucti
o n of T H
M
p
rec urs o r s.2
.2
.1
B
e n efi
ts of
O
zo n eT h
em
aj
o rb
e n efi
t of
ozonei
si
tsp
ow
e rf
ul d i
si
nf
e cti
ng p
r op
e rti
e s.T h
e ef f
e cti
v e n e s s of
d i
si
nf
e cti
oni
sd
ete rm
i
n ed
th
roug h
th
eC T
c o n c ep
t.T h i
s c o n c ep
t req
ui
re s th
atw
aterb
ei
n c onta ctw i
th
a suffi
ci
e nt c o n c entrati
on of di
si
nf
e ctan t(
C
)
f
or a suffi
ci
ent ti m
e(
T
)
top
r ovi d
ea s
p
e ci fi
ed l
evel
of m i
crob i
al i
na cti
vati
onf
or vari
ousw
aterq
uaU
ty
c o nd i
ti
ons a nd
di
si
nf
e cta nts.C l
a rk
et al
(
19 9 4
)
s um m
a ri
zed
th
e rang
e of C T
val
u e sf
o r va ri
o u sm i
c r o o rg
a ni
sm
sf
o rf
o u rd i
si
nf
e cta nts : ch l
o ri
n e, ch l
o ri
n ed i
oxi d
e, ch l
o r am i
n e, a nd
ozo n e.O
z o neh
a s th
el
ow
e stC T
val
ue sf
or al l
th
em i
cr oo rg
a ni
sm
sl i
sted
,i
ndi
c ati
ng
th
ati
ti
s ahi g h l y
effi
ci
entd i
si
nf
e cta nt.A
noth
e rb
enefi
ti
sth
el
ow
eri
ng
of T H
M
a nd H A A f
orm
ati
onp
otenti
al
(
T H
M
F P
and
H A A F P
, re sp
e cti
vel y
)
.S
everal
re s e arch
er sh
av e sh
own th
at ozo n ati
o nh
a s a si g
ni fi
c a nti m p
a ct o nT H
M
f
orm
ati
on.L yk i
n s et al
(
19 86
)
f
ou nd
ev enl
ow
erT H
M
c onc e ntr ati
o n si
n an ozonated
str eam
th
ani
n a non-d i
si
n
f
ected
stre am
.T
a n and A m y
(
199 1
)
sh
ow
ed
th
at ozo n ew
a s eff
e cti
vei
n r em
ovi
ng
c ol
o r and D B F p
re c urs o r s.C
ol
em
a n et al
(
19 9 2
)
f
o u nd
th
at ch l
orof
o rm
c onc entrati
onsi
np
o st-ch l
or
i
nated w
aterd
e c r e a s ed
a sp
re ozonati
o nd
o s ag
ei
ncre a sed
.M
i l
tn er et al
(
199 2
)
ob
s er v ed 2 0
-3 0
%
re
d
u cti
onsi
nT H
M
F P
,
H A A F F
, and
T O X F F w i
th m
o st of
th
ed
e c r e a s e o c c u r ri
ng
at ad
o s ag
e a sl i
t tl
e a s0
.7
:1
ozo n e :T O
C
by
w
ei gh
t.K
ai
n ul
ai
n en et al
(
19 95
)
f
ound
a red
u cti
oni
n ch l
or of
orm p
r ecur s ors at af
ai
rl y l
ow
(
0
.6
:1
ozone:T O C b y w
ei g h
t)
o zon ed
o s ag
e.U
si
ng
a1
:1
o z o n e :T O C d
o s ag
eb y w
ei g h
t,O w
e n et al
(
199 5
)
f
ound
th
at ozo n ati
o nw
a s eff
e cti
vef
o r rem
ovi
ng T H
M
F F
and H A A F F
by 7
%
a nd 2 0
%
, r e sp
e cti
vel y
.T h
em
ech
ani
sm b y w h i
ch
ozo n el
ow
ers th
eT H
M
f
orm
ati
onp
ote nti
al i
sb y
al
teri
ng
th
ep
r op
e rti
es of
th
eN O
M
.O
zone at tack
sth
ed
o ub l
eb
o nd
sm N O
M
a nd
th
e r eb y
r ed
u c e s th
e n um b
e r of
ch l
o ri
n e-r e a cti
v e si
te sL y k i
ns et al
(
19 86
)
p
e rf
o rm
ed p i l
ot te sti
ng
at th
eJ
eff
e rs o nP
a ri
sh p l
a nti
nL
ouis
ia
n a,s
p l i
t ti
ng fl
ow i
ntof i
vep
ar al l
el
str e am
sf
o r vari
ou sm
od
es of d i
sinf
e cti
o n : ch l
ori
ne, chl
ori
ned i
o xi de
, ch lo r a
m
in e
, ozo n e a nd
n odi
sinf
e cta nt.E
a ch di
sin
f
e cta nth
ad
a3 0
-
m in u
te c o nta ctt
i m
e.O
zone r ed
uc ed l
evels o
f
ch lo
ri
n ated h y d
ro c arb
ons, total
alk
a nes, total
alk y l b
en zen e s,tota
l
ch l
o r ob
e nzene s, tota
l
ni
tr ob
en zene s and
total p h
th
al
ate s; th
e s ele
vels
w
ere u naff
e cted
ori
ncre a s ed b y
th
e ch lo r
i
ne-b
a s ed di
sinf
e ctants.
T h
e o nl y
noted in c r e a s e c a
u s ed b y
ozonat
i
o nw
a sf
o r al k y l
al de
h y d
e s; ch l
orin a
ti
o n al
s oi
n cr e a s ed
al k y l
al d
eh y d
ele
vel
s,b
ut to al
e s s e r e xte nt.N
ot al l
of
th
e o rg
a ni
cb y
-p
r od
u ctsw
e r ei d
e nti fi
ed
,b
ut th
e e xte nt of b
y¬p
r od
u ctf
orm
atio
nw
a s c om p
a r ed b y fl
am
eio n
i
zatio n
d
ete ctio
n(
F ID
)
a nd
el
e ctr o n c ap
tur ed
ete cti
on(
E C D
)
f
ol l
ow i
ng g
a s ch
rom
atog
rap h i
c s ep
ar atio n
.F
o rbo
th
th
e n um b
er and
co nc entrat
i
o n of d i
si
nf
ecti
o nby
-p
rod
u cts, th
e re s ul
tsw
er e ch l
orin e
> ch l
or am i
ne > ch lo
ri
n edi
oxi d
e > ozo n e.
O
nl y
ozo n el
ed
to ade c r e a s e
i
n total
ch
rom
atog
r ap h
ab le o
rg
anic s
b y b
oth
F I D
a nd E C D
c om p
a r ed
to the c o n
tr ol
stre am
.M
u rp h y
et al
(
19 9 3
)
showed
th
at c o ag
ul
ati
onf
ol lo
w
ed b y
ozone tre atm
entg
ave r ed
u cti
onsin
d is s o
l
ved
o rg
a ni
c c arb
on(
D O C
)
c onc entr ati
ons,b
ut th
at ozo n ati
onp ri
o r to c o ag
ul
atio
nin
h i b i
ted
th
e eff
e ctiv e n e s s o
f
c o ag
ul
ati
o n.C h
a ng
(
19 90
)
f
ou nd
,
fo
r natu ral w
aters, a n op
ti m
al d
o s e of 0
.3
-0
.7 m g 0 3/ m g C i
nd
u c ed p
a rtic
l
ed
e stab i l i
zatio n a n
d
th
ath i g h
e rd
o s e sp
r om
oted
re stab i l i
zati
on .T h
e sed
o ses arel
ow
e r th
anw h
atis
g
eneral ly
op
ti m
al f
or th
ep
r od
uctio n o
f b i
ode
g
rad
ab l
e org
a nic
m
ateri
al
(
B O
M )
, em p h
a sizin
g
th
ei m p
orta n c e of
exam i
ni
ng
over al l
tre atm
e nt ob
j
e cti
ve sw h
e n c onsi deri
ng
th
e em p l
oy m
e nt of
ozo n e.A l
tho ug h
o z o ne ca nb
e us ed i
n s e v e ral
stag
es of
th
e tr e atm
entp
roc ess, e.g
., co ag
ula
tio
n,d isi
nf
e cti
o n, taste and
od
or r em
o v al
, th
e ozonedo s e
th
at op
ti m i
ze s one treatm
ent stag
ep
r ob
ab l y w i l l
n otb
e th
e s am
ed
o s e tha
t op
ti m i
z e s a n oth
e r stag
e.T h
u s, op
ti m
al
ozo n edo s a
g
e s a r e n ot o nl y
sp
e ci f
ic to the
wate rq
u al i
ty
ch
a r a cteri
stic s o
f
th
ew
ate rb
ein
g
tr e ated
,b
ut al
s o sp
e ci f
ic to th
e stag
e of
tre atm
ent.T h
er ef
ore, th
e em p l
oy m
ent of
ozon e o nb
oth
ani
ndi
vi d
ual p
r o ces sl
e vel
and
a n o v e ral l
tre atm
entl
evel m
u stb
e exam i
ned
j
ud ic
i
o usly
T he r e
is n o c
l
e a r r el
ati
o n sh i p b
et we e n ozo n ati
o n a nd m
utag
e ni
ci
ty
.G
la
ze(
19
8
7
)
r ep
o rted
th
atm
o stb i
o a s s ay
s c r e e ni
ng
stud ie s s
h
ow
th
at o z onated
wate rh
a s sub
sta nti
al l y l
e s sm
utag
enic a c
ti
vi
ty
th
an ch lo r
i
nated w
ater,b
utSin
g
er(
19 9 0
)
r ep
orted
th
at th
e reh
a v eb
e e ns o
m
e stud i
e sw h
e r em
utag
eni
c a cti
vi
ty i
n ozo n ated w
ate ris a s
h i g h
a s th
atp
r od
u ced by
c
h l
o rin a
ti
o n a nd
oth
e r studi
e sw h
e r em
utag
e ni
c a cti
vi
ty i
svi
rtu al l y
n o n-exis
te nt aft
er o z o n ati
o n.A
t th
e o z o n ed
o s ag
e s ty p i
c al
of d
ri
nk in
g w
ate r tr e atm
e nt,i
ti
s exp
e cted
th
atm
utag
eni
c a cti
vi
ty
w
oul d i
nc r e a s e,b
utin c a s e s
w h
er eth
e r aw w
ateri
sh i gh i
nm
utag
eni
ci
ty
tob
eg i
nw it
h
, o z o n e coul d p
ar ti
al l y
el i m i
natei
t.H
ow
e v e rtr e at
m
ent, a nd b io
lo
g i
c al fi l
tr ation a r e eff
ectiv
em
e a ns of
el i m i
n ati
ng m
utag
e ni
c a ctiv
i
ty
, so the
p
ote ntial in c r e a s e
i
nm
utag
e ni
cit
y
sh
o ul d
n otl i m i
t th
e us e of
o zonei
nd
rin
k in
g w
at er tr e atme ntp
r a cti
c e(
S i
ng
e r,199 0
)
.2
.2
.2
P
ote n ti
al D
r awb
a ck
s of O
zo neT h
em
aj
ord
rawb
a ck
s of
o z o ne c ente r a r ou nd i
tsd i
sinf
ectio nby
-p
rodu
cts and
their
p
otentia
l
f
orm i
cr ob ia
l
reg
row
th in thed i
stri b
utio
n sy
stem
.Se v e r
al
res earch
ersh
av ef
o und i
nc r easesi
n a s sim
i l
ab l
e o rg
a ni
c c a rb
on(
A O C
)
,b i
ode
g
r ada
b l
e o rg
a ni
c c a rb
o n(
B D O C
)
and
h
ete r otrop hi
cp l
ate cou nt(
H P C
)
f
ol l
ow i
ng
o zon ati
o n(
H
uck
,19 9 0
;P
ri
c e et al
,19 9 3
;L y k i
n s et al
,19 9 4
;A l b i d
re s s et al
,19 9 5
)
.A O C i
s am
e a sur e of
sp
e ci fi
c str ain
s of b
a cte ri
a th
atg
r ow
o nN O
M
a s a s ub
strate, a nd
th
u s r ep
r e s e nts th
e am
ount of
c a rbon th
at c anb
e c o nv e rted
to c el l
ul
arm
a s s.B D
O C
i
sth
ep
orti
o n of
the o r
g
a ni
c c a rb
oni
nw
ate r that c a nb
em i
n e r al iz ed b y h
ete r otr op hi
cm i
c r o o rg
a ni
sm
s a nd i
tsp
r e s e n c e c a n c a u s e r eg
r ow
th p
r ob le
m
si
n th
ed i
stri b
uti
o n sy
stem
(
H
uck
,1 9 90
)
.H P C i
s ap
r o c ed
ur ef
o rm
e a s uri
ng
th
e n um b
er of
l iv
eh
eterotrop h i
cb
a cteri
al
c ol
onie s
.I
n c r e a s e si
nA O C
orB D O C p
r es e nt c o n c e r n sf
orm ic r o
b i
al
reg
r ow
th p
otenti
al i
nd i
stri b
utio
n sy
stem
s, a s they
a r e nutri
ent s o u r c e sf
o rm i
c r o org
a ni
sm
s.I
n19 90
,
T
ate(
19 9 1
)
c o nd
u cted
a su r vey
of 18
oz o n ationp l
ants, and
tw
o rep
orted
e nh
a n c ed g
row th
or reg
row th
of m i
c r o org
ani
smsin
th
ed i
stri bution sy
stem
.I
n ord
er toq
u anti
fy
the
p
ote nti
al f
o rm i
crob i
al
reg
row
th
,m
any
r e s ea r ch
e r sh
avef
o c u s ed
onB D
OC
a nd A
O
C
.A O C m
etho
d
s a r eb
io
m
a s s-b
a s ed
a nd p
r ovi de a
b
et te rm
e a s u r e of
b
a cte ri
al
r eg
r ow
th p
otenti
al
,w h
e r e a sB D O C m
eth
ods a r e
D O C
-
b
a s ed
a nd
a r em
orer e