Chlorination: Adding chlorine to water or wastewater, generally for the purpose of disinfection, but frequently for accomplishing other biological or chemical results.
Chlorination with doses that are deliberately selected to produce water free of combined residuals so large as to require dechlorination.
Source: Terms of the Environment
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chlorination byproducts - cancer-causing chemicals created when chlorine used for water disinfection combines with dirt and organic matter in water.
Chlorination - The application of chlorine to drinking water, sewage, or industrial waste to disinfect or to oxidize undesirable compounds.
Chlorination: addition of chlorine as a means of disinfecting drinking water or wastewater.
Co-compositing: simultaneous composting of two or more diverse waste streams.
Chlorination: A water purification process in which chlorine is added to water for disinfection, for the control of present microorganisms. It is also used in the oxidation of compound impurities in water.
chlorination
the adding of chlorine to water or sewage for the purpose of disinfection or other biological or chemical results.
chlorine demand ...
chlorination The application of chlorine to water, generally for the purpose of disinfection, but frequently for accomplishing other biological or chemical results (aiding coagulation and controlling tastes and odors).
Dechlorination: Removal of chlorine from a substance.
Decomposition: The breakdown of matter by bacteria and fungi, changing the chemical makeup and physical appearance of materials.
Eliminating water pollution and cleaning up our watersheds are not going to happen overnight, but alternatives to chlorination for water treatment do exist. Dr.
Enzymic modification of a substance by oxidation, reduction, hydrolysis, hydration, dehydrochlorination or other reactions catalysed by enzymes of the cytosol, of the endoplasmic reticulum (microsomal enzymes) or of other cell organelles.
Legionella pneumophila
a water-borne pathogenic bacterium which causes Legionnaires' Disease; may be present in cooling systems and spread by droplets; controlled by chlorination, ozone, silver-copper, ultraviolet light ...
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Ultraviolet light disinfection. A disinfection method for water that has received either secondary or tertiary treatment, used as an alternative to chlorination.
 See also: Water, Waste, Treatment, Soil, Reduce
  
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