The Hyderabad Metropolitan Water Supply and Sewerage Board is outsourcing the maintenance of 292 chlorination plants to ...

Halobenzoquinones (HBQs), as new emerging disinfection by-products (DBPs), are frequently detected in potable and swimming pool waters. In fact, HBQs are also precursors of other DBPs such as ...

Experts say drinking water disinfection is essential, but current methods may expose people to potentially harmful compounds. Stacey Leasca is an award-winning journalist with nearly two decades of ...

Note: This page deals with the practice of continuously adding chlorine to water, not the occasional use of chlorine to disinfect wells, pipes, and other water system equipment. Why Water Systems ...

Researchers have studied how combinations of different environmental factors affect the chlorination of organic matter in soils. The results show that the supply of fresh organic compounds, which ...

Water systems add chlorine to drinking water to kill or inactivate harmful organisms and maintain a detectable residual to ensure the water remains safe as it travels through the distribution system.

HMWSSB to outsource maintenance of 292 Hyderabad chlorination plants, ensuring monthly inspections and 24x7 response to ...

India has made real progress in expanding access to drinking water over the past decade. Millions of households now have tap connections, something that once felt like an ambitious goal. But access ...

Bladder cancer risk increased 33% and colorectal cancer by 15% in using chlorine to disinfect water Chlorinating drinking water at levels common in the United States and European Union probably ...