Chloro-organics in surface water sources for potable water

Conference · Sat Jan 01 04:00:00 EST 1977

OSTI ID:7219822

Jolley, R L; Pitt, Jr, W W

Since those complex biochemical reactions that we call life processes require an aqueous medium, a safe and adequate drinking water supply must be considered a prime requisite for human life. Therefore, clean water, or water without life-interfering contaminants, is a basic necessity for survival of the human race. Modern water treatment technology has been proven capable of supplying potable waters, free from pathogenic organisms, from a variety of sources including surface waters. However, surface waters may contain a variety of organic constituents, including chloro-organic compounds that have been contributed by industrial effluents, cooling water effluents from electric power-generating plants, agricultural and urban runoff, and effluents from sewage treatment plants. These organic compounds and the increasing development of new industrial products represent a continuing challenge to water treatment scientists and engineers to ensure safe and sufficient potable water supplies for the future. This is particularly true because relatively little information is now available concerning identities and concentrations of these chloro-organic compounds and their transport, distribution, and degradation in surface water systems. This paper surveys the literature with respect to the presence and formation of chloro-organics in natural waters. It is not a critical analysis of the literature surveyed, nor does it attempt to completely cover the voluminous amount of pesticide literature.

• Research Organization: Oak Ridge National Lab., TN (USA)
• DOE Contract Number: W-7405-ENG-26
• OSTI ID: 7219822
• Report Number(s): CONF-770552-1
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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520100* -- Environment
Aquatic-- Basic Studies-- (-1989)
54 ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES
CHEMICAL EFFLUENTS
CONTROL
DRINKING WATER
ENVIRONMENTAL TRANSPORT
HAZARDS
HEALTH HAZARDS
HUMAN POPULATIONS
HYDROGEN COMPOUNDS
MASS TRANSFER
ORGANIC CHLORINE COMPOUNDS
ORGANIC COMPOUNDS
ORGANIC HALOGEN COMPOUNDS
OXYGEN COMPOUNDS
POLLUTION
POPULATIONS
QUALITY CONTROL
SURFACE WATERS
WATER
WATER POLLUTION