This study was conducted to investigate the characteristics of disinfection by-products formation potential (DBPFPs) of dissolved organics. Dissolved organics in raw water were separated into two fractions ((1) hydrophilic and (2) hydrophobic) for the...
This study was conducted to investigate the characteristics of disinfection by-products formation potential (DBPFPs) of dissolved organics. Dissolved organics in raw water were separated into two fractions ((1) hydrophilic and (2) hydrophobic) for the measurement of DBPs. Three types of DBPs (trihalomethanes (THMs), haloacetic acids (HAAs), and total organic halides (TOX)) were measured at 3days and 7days incubation time. Sample waters were collected from the Han River and the Wonchun Reservoir. Two major findings are as follows.First, THMFPs/DOC, HAAFPs/DOC and TOXFPs/DOC in the hydrophilic organic component had a level of lower value than those of the hydrophobic organic component. Brominated THMs and brominated HAAs were not found in the chlorinated hydrophobic organic component. Second, the magnitude of HAAFPs/DOC were higher than that of THMFPs/DOC in both hydrophilic and hydrophobic organic components. This results support the reported observation that HAAs formations were higher than that of THMs in chlorinated drinking water. THMFPs and HAAFPs comprised 53~91 % of TOXFP.