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2. Water chlorination - Wikipedia

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   Water chlorination is the process of adding chlorine or chlorine compounds such as sodium hypochlorite to water. This method is used to kill bacteria, viruses and other microbes in water. This method is used to kill bacteria, viruses and other microbes in water.

3. Haloacetic acids - Wikipedia

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   Exposure to such disinfection by-products in drinking water, at high levels over many years, has been associated with a number of health outcomes by epidemiological studies. [ 1 ] HAAs can be formed following chlorination, ozonation , or chloramination of water, as chlorine from the water disinfection process can react with organic matter and ...

4. Drinking water quality in the United States - Wikipedia

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   The drinking water contaminants that can have chronic effects include chemicals (such as disinfection byproducts, solvents and pesticides), radionuclides (such as radium), and minerals (such as arsenic). Examples of these chronic effects include cancer, liver or kidney problems, or reproductive difficulties. [35]

5. Which drinking water is healthiest? The pros and cons of tap ...

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   Chloramine is a chemical formed by mixing chlorine and ammonia, and it’s used to kill viruses and bacteria in municipal water treatment systems. ... While there are concerns about drinking water ...

6. Disinfection by-product - Wikipedia

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   DBPs are present in most drinking water supplies that have been subject to chlorination, chloramination, ozonation, or treatment with chlorine dioxide. Many hundreds of DBPs exist in treated drinking water and at least 600 have been identified.

7. Chloramination - Wikipedia

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   Chloramination is the treatment of drinking water with a chloramine disinfectant. [1] Both chlorine and small amounts of ammonia are added to the water one at a time which react together to form chloramine (also called combined chlorine), a long lasting disinfectant. Chloramine disinfection is used in both small and large water treatment plants.