Article | REF: W5500 V1

Distribution water - Disinfection

Author: Jacques MOLES

Publication date: February 10, 2007

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11. Conclusion

Disinfection can no longer be seen as the final stage of treatment, involving the injection of a disinfectant into the water prior to distribution.

Disinfection is the result of the combined effectiveness of each treatment stage:

  • some of them, by retaining suspended solids, eliminate potential "shelters";

  • some by reducing concentrations of dissolved organic matter, reduce immediate demand and improve the stability of the disinfectant over time;

  • others by retaining germ-sized particles: effectively participating in disinfection;

  • and finally, the disinfectants themselves are directly germicidal.

Among potential disinfection tools, ozone and chlorine continue to dominate, but membranes...

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