Advances in Disinfection By-Products Research in Drinking and Surface Waters
A special issue of Water (ISSN 2073-4441). This special issue belongs to the section "Water Quality and Contamination".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 31 December 2024 | Viewed by 42
Special Issue Editor
Interests: water and sediment quality; toxic pollutants; disinfection by-products; pharmaceuticals; analytical methods; occurrence/fate; green chemistry; circular economy
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Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
Water disinfection, although required in order to protect us from waterborne diseases, leads to the formation of undesirable toxic disinfection by-products (DBPs). Fifty years since the discovery of these products (4 trihalomethanes by Rook, 1974), this problem remains; however, many significant impovements have been made in the detection methods and removal techniques employed, as well as the optimization of water treatment plants and alternative disinfection methods that form different DBPs. More than 700 DBPs have been identified to date, and research continues to reveal novel compounds and provide new insights into their occurrence, mechanisms of formation, and health effects. The present Special Issue aims to address the most recent advances in DBP research for drinking and surface waters; novel findings regarding “old” and “new” DBPs and their toxicity; the application of new techniques for their determination, quantification and removal; indicators and/or models for their formation; and “greener” techniques for the realization of the circular economy in order to protect the environment and human health.
Dr. Anastasia Nikolaou
Guest Editor
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Keywords
- disinfection by-products
- water
- determination
- formation
- techniques
- toxicity
- removal
- models
