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SEMINAR: Disinfection, and the impact of bromide ion on the production of brominated disinfection by products in a Western Australian drinking water

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Disinfection, and the impact of bromide ion on the production of brominated disinfection by products in a Western Australian drinking water : SESE Seminar Series Other events...
Chlorination for the disinfection of drinking water has been heralded as one of the most significant public health advances in human history due to the reduction of waterborne disease. However, one unintended effect of disinfection is that the disinfectant can react with natural organic matter (NOM), and inorganic components such as bromide, to form potentially harmful disinfection by-products (DBPs). Incorporation of bromide into DBPs is of emerging toxicological interest due to many of the brominated DBPs being more carcinogenic than their chlorinated analogues. Bromide and natural organic matter (NOM) are ubiquitous in aquatic environments, and in Western Australia, concentrations can be high. Potential for incorporation of bromide into DBPs in Western Australia can therefore also be high. This presentation will outline the history of the disinfection of drinking water, and direction that research and public concern has taken with drinking water quality. It will then present some research on the incorporation of bromide into DBPs from a Western Australian drinking water source.
Speaker(s) Suzanne McDonald, Curtin Water Quality Research Centre (CWQRC)
Location Blakers Lecture Theatre, Mathematics Building
Contact Lorraine Dorn <[email protected]> : 3701
URL http://www.sese.uwa.edu.au
Start Thu, 15 Sep 2011 16:00
End Thu, 15 Sep 2011 17:00
Submitted by Lorraine Dorn <[email protected]>
Last Updated Fri, 16 Sep 2011 17:09
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