Issue 1, 2002
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Journal of Environmental Monitoring

Christian Volk,*a   Larry Wood,a   Bruce Johnson,a   Jeff Robinson,b   Hai Wei Zhuc  and  Louis Kapland  

* Corresponding authors

a Indiana-American Water Company Inc., PO Box 1152, Muncie, USA
E-mail: cvolk@amwater.com
Fax: 765-741-1258
Tel: 765-741-1274

b Indiana-American Water Company Inc., PO Box 570, Greenwood, USA

c Sievers Instruments Inc., 6060 Spine Rd., Boulder, USA

d Stroud Water Research Center, 970 Spencer Rd., Avondale, USA

Abstract

The presence of natural organic matter (NOM) strongly impacts drinking water treatment, water quality, and water behavior during distribution. Dissolved organic carbon (DOC) concentrations were determined daily over a 22 month period in river water before and after conventional drinking water treatment using an on-line total organic carbon (TOC) analyzer. Quantitative and qualitative variations in organic matter were related to precipitation and runoff, seasons and operating conditions. Following a rainfall event, DOC levels could increase by 3.5 fold over baseflow concentrations, while color, UV absorbance values and turbidity increased by a factor of 8, 12 and 300, respectively. Treated water DOC levels were closely related to the source water quality, with an average organic matter removal of 42% after treatment.

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Article information

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1039/B107768F
Article type
Paper
Submitted
28 Aug 2001
Accepted
12 Dec 2001
First published
14 Jan 2002

J. Environ. Monit., 2002,4, 43-47

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Monitoring dissolved organic carbon in surface and drinking waters

C. Volk, L. Wood, B. Johnson, J. Robinson, H. W. Zhu and L. Kaplan, J. Environ. Monit., 2002, 4, 43 DOI: 10.1039/B107768F

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