Trihalomethane and nonpurgeable total organic-halide formation potentials of the Mississippi river

Archives of Environmental Contamination and Toxicology
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Trihalomethane and nonpurgeable total organic-hallide formation potentials were determined for water samples from 12 sites along the Mississippi River from Minneapolis, MN, to New Orleans, LA, for the summer and fall of 1991 and the spring of 1992. The formation potentials increased with distance upstream, approximately paralleling the increase of the dissolved organic- carbon concentration. The pH and the dissolved organic-carbon and free- chlorine concentrations were significant variables in the prediction of the formation potentials. The trihalomethane formation potential increased as the pH increased, whereas the nonpurgeable total organic-halide formation potential decreased. All formation potentials increased as the dissolved organic-carbon and free-chlorine concentrations increased, with the dissolved organic-carbon concentration having a much greater effect.
Publication type Article
Publication Subtype Journal Article
Title Trihalomethane and nonpurgeable total organic-halide formation potentials of the Mississippi river
Series title Archives of Environmental Contamination and Toxicology
DOI 10.1007/s002449900022
Volume 30
Issue 2
Year Published 1996
Language English
Larger Work Type Article
Larger Work Subtype Journal Article
Larger Work Title Archives of Environmental Contamination and Toxicology
First page 156
Last page 162
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