Abstract
The Bureau of Indian Standard (BIS, New Delhi) has framed a set of standards for drinking water description (IS 10500:1991-http://www.indiawaterportal.org), which has specifications drawn up in 1983 with the most current amendment (July, 2010), and the US Environmental Protection Agency (USEPA 2003) has also developed policy for different drinking water disinfection by-products (DBPs). This study examined the quality of metropolitan drinking water by monitoring the physicochemical parameters, and DBPs study such as the effects of halide ions, natural organic matter, and drinking water characterization were investigated. The sampled water had halo phenols DBPs as a result of disinfection, during chlorination. The water was alkaline in nature, and the water temperature varied from 33 to 37 °C. The major ions, namely bromate, iodate, chlorite, chromate, sulfate and phosphate, have been investigated in the municipality drinking water, Tiruchirappalli and Srirangam in Tamil Nadu, India. Here, three solvents such as hexane, petroleum ether and pentane were used for the liquid–liquid extraction of target compounds. The gas chromatographs equipped with capillary columns (DB-WAX) were employed for the determination of DBPs and 2-bromo-4-chlorophenol was predominantly identified.
Highlights
Water is the prime need for all living entities on Earth
The physicochemical characteristics along with the anions and total organic carbon (TOC) were analyzed in the collected corporation drinking water sampled from Tiruchirappalli and Srirangam, Tamil Nadu (Table 1; Fig. 2)
The samples were subjected for GC–MS analysis, which include the water samples collected from Tiruchirappalli and Srirangam
Summary
Water is the prime need for all living entities on Earth. Water resources have been obstinately affected by rapid development and increased anthropogenic activities. WHO (2003) estimates that, in India, about 38 million people are affected by waterborne diseases through various means each year, among which over 75% are children. Disinfection of drinking water is essential to reduce the incidence and spread of waterborne diseases (Gaffga et al 2007). The disinfection of metropolitan drinking water is performed with chlorine in order to ensure the health of the public and to protect the people against various waterborne infirmities (Villanueva et al 2015). Chlorination is the most universally accepted method for disinfection since the early twentieth century (Paull and Barron 2004) as it prevents the contamination of potable water against pathogens like
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