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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. In particular, chlorination is used to prevent the spread of waterborne diseases such as cholera, dysentery, and typhoid. [1] [2] [3]
History of chlorination of drinking-water. Chlorine in one form or another is by far the most commonly used chemical for the disinfection of water supplies.
1 lis 2016 · Identification of the value of chlorine as an efficient oxidant and disinfectant resulted in its subsequent worldwide application for disinfecting water, and is considered one of most important discoveries of the early twentieth century, improving public health.
The history of water chlorination systems begins in the mid 1800s with several isolated examples of the use of chlorine to disinfect water related things like a water supply pump, hospital wastes, and water mains.
26 wrz 2024 · This chapter briefly reviews the history of water chlorination, early disinfection byproduct (DBP) studies, and global DBP regulations. The evolution of research concerning several classes of DBPs, including trihalomethanes, haloacetic acids, emerging DBPs, ozonation...
History of Chlorine in Drinking Water. In the early 1900s, life was very different in the United States. Waterborne diseases like typhoid fever and dysentery were a common part of life—and a common cause of death, too.
15 lut 2024 · Chlorinating drinking water became the most popular method of municipal water disinfection swiftly throughout the United States, which reduced the mortality and morbidity caused by water-borne diseases (Cantor 1997).
