VOLATILE ORGANIC-COMPOUNDS IN DRINKING-WATER

Volatile organic compounds indicated in the US-EPA 502.2 method were d etected in the drinking water of twenty-one public fountains of the Ci ty of Torino The analyses were carried out with P&T/GLC, using as dete ctors the PID+HECD pair or an ion trap mass spectrometer, The concentr ation of organohalide species in each sample was below the limit permi tted by law and the analytical results made it possible to identify at least two areas of the City with a different quality of water.