DETERMINATION OF PCDF PCDD IN SLUDGES FROM A DRINKING-WATER TREATMENT-PLANT - INFLUENCE OF CHLORINATION TREATMENT/

Authors
RIVERA J ELJARRAT E ESPADALER I MARTRAT MG CAIXACH J
Citation
J. Rivera et al., DETERMINATION OF PCDF PCDD IN SLUDGES FROM A DRINKING-WATER TREATMENT-PLANT - INFLUENCE OF CHLORINATION TREATMENT/, Chemosphere, 34(5-7), 1997, pp. 989-997
Citations number
16
Categorie Soggetti
Environmental Sciences
Journal title
Chemosphere → ACNP
ISSN journal
00456535
Volume
34
Issue
5-7
Year of publication
1997
Pages
989 - 997
Database
ISI
SICI code
0045-6535(1997)34:5-7<989:DOPPIS>2.0.ZU;2-7
Abstract
A preliminary study to assess the origin and evolution of polichlorodi benzofurans (PCDFs) and polichlorodibenzo-p-dioxins (PCDDs) in a drink ing water treatment plant (DWTP) was undertaken. Samples of coagulatio n sludges and exhausted granular activated carbon (GAG) were collected from a DWTP. Owing to the similar congener profiles obtained from slu dges and GAG, a subsequent study of chlorination influence was carried out. Sludge samples from a treatment with and without the chlorinatio n step were analysed. A complementary study of the PCB content was mad e. The results obtained did not reveal a marked influence of chlorinat ion in the formation of PCDFs/PCDDs. (C) 1997 Elsevier Science Ltd.