Professional paper

Determination of trihalomethane concentration in water

Dragana Dogančić orcid.org/0000-0002-1749-5842 ; Sveučilište u Zagrebu, Geotehnički fakultet, Varaždin, Hrvatska
Anita Ptiček-Siročić ; Sveučilište u Zagrebu, Geotehnički fakultet, Varaždin, Hrvatska
Nikola Sakač ; Sveučilište u Zagrebu, Geotehnički fakultet, Varaždin, Hrvatska
Tomislav Romić ; Sveučilište u Zagrebu, Geotehnički fakultet, Varaždin, Hrvatska
Irena Tomiek ; Zavod za javno zdravstvo Varaždinske županije, Varaždin, Hrvatska

Abstract

Health safety of water intended for human consumption means that water has to be chemically and microbiologically adequate and have good sensory properties. Disinfection is the most important phase in the preparation of water for drinking purposes, and the most frequently used disinfectant is chlorine. In the process of chlorination, chlorine may react with present organic matter and form a number of disinfection by-products, one of which are trihalomethanes. Trihalomethanes are highly volatile halogenated hydrocarbons that have adverse impact on the central nervous system, liver and kidneys. The concentrations of trichloromethane (chloroform) CHCl3, bromodichloromethane CHBrCl2, chlorodibromomethane CHBr2Cl, bromoform CHBr3 and total trihalomethanes were determined on water samples from the water abstraction site Bartolovec in the Varaždin County for the 2016-2019 period by using gas chromatography. The analysis results showed that the trihalomethane concentrations in the observed period were not above the permissible value of 100 μg/L, i.e. that water was safe for human consumption and met all applicable regulations.

Keywords

trihalomethanes; water disinfection; water abstraction site Bartolovec

Hrčak ID:

241255

URI

https://hrcak.srce.hr/241255

Publication date:

24.6.2020.

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