Evaluation of pretreatments for inhibiting bromate formation during ozonation

Environ Technol. 2012 Jul-Aug;33(13-15):1747-53. doi: 10.1080/09593330.2011.644586.

Abstract

This study compared several pretreatment methods for inhibiting BrO3(-) formation during ozonation of tap water, from the DTU (Technical University of Denmark) campus, including H2O2 addition (peroxone), pH depression, and NH4+ and Cl2/NH4+ addition. At the same time, the inhibition of atrazine and carbamazepine removal was evaluated for each pretreatment. The required delivered O3 dose to achieve 90% removal of atrazine in the tap water from the DTU campus was 3.5 mg/L, which produced 130-170 microg/L BrO3(-). Peroxone did not reduce the required O3 dose for contaminant removal; however, it limited BrO3(-) formation to below the drinking water limit of 10 microg/L. Depression of solution pH to 6.0, reduced BrO3(-) formation to half, but it was still well above the water limit. Pretreatment with NH4+ also reduced BrO3(-) formation by approximately 50%, though it reduced atrazine degradation to 65%. Pretreatment with Cl2/NH4+ reduced BrO3(-) formation close to the 10 microg/L limit; however, atrazine removal did not exceed 75%. Carbamazepine was completely removed under all the tested experimental conditions with the 3.5 mg/L O3 dose.

Publication types

  • Evaluation Study

MeSH terms

  • Atrazine / isolation & purification
  • Bromates / chemistry*
  • Bromides / chemistry
  • Carbamazepine / isolation & purification
  • Denmark
  • Drinking Water / chemistry
  • Hydrogen Peroxide / chemistry
  • Hydrogen-Ion Concentration
  • Kinetics
  • Ozone / chemistry*
  • Water Pollutants, Chemical / chemistry
  • Water Pollutants, Chemical / isolation & purification
  • Water Purification / methods*

Substances

  • Bromates
  • Bromides
  • Drinking Water
  • Water Pollutants, Chemical
  • bromamine
  • Carbamazepine
  • Ozone
  • Hydrogen Peroxide
  • Atrazine