Disinfectant: Any oxidant, including but not limited to chlorine, chlorine dioxide, chloramines, and ozone, ...
Disinfectants: Fluids or gasses to disinfect filters, pipelines, systems, etc.
Disinfectant -A chemical or physical process that kills pathogenic organisms in water. Chlorine is often used to disinfect sewage treatment effluent, water supplies, wells, and swimming pools.
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Disinfectants: One of three groups of antimicrobials registered by EPA for public health uses.
Disinfectant By-Product
A compound formed by the reaction of a disinfectant such as chlorine with organic material in the water supply; a chemical by-product of the disinfection process.
Disinfectant Time ...
disinfectant contact time ("T" in CT calculations) means the time in minutes that it takes for water to move from the point of disinfectant application to the point where residual disinfectant concentration ("C") is measured.
Point-of-Disinfectant Application: The point where disinfectant is applied and water downstream of that point is not subject to recontamination by surface water runoff.
Chlorine A chemical widely-used in water purification, disinfectants, bleach and mustard gas. It is also commonly used in manufacturing various products such as paper, pesticides, paints, petroleum products, plastics and solvents.
Chloramines are not as effective disinfectants compared to chlorine gas or sodium hypochlorite, but do not form THMs or haloacetic acids. They are typically used only in stored and distributed treated water.
Phenol - 1) A corrosive poisonous crystalline acidic compound present in coal tar and wood tar that in dilute solutions is used as a disinfectant and 2) any of various acidic compounds analogous to phenols and regarded as hydroxyl derivatives of ...
Chlorine is a highly efficient disinfectant, and it is added to public water supplies to kill disease-causing bacteria that the water or its transport pipes might contain.
Formaldehyde- A colorless, pungent, and irritating gas, CH20, used chiefly as a disinfectant and preservative and in synthesizing other compounds like resins.
Formulation- The substances comprising all active and inert ingredients in a pesticide.
They are also commonly used in disinfectants and insecticides. Many hazardous organic chemicals -- such as polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs), some volatile compounds (VOCs) and dioxins contain halogens, especially chlorine.
Ozone (O3)
a naturally occurring unstable form of oxygen; attenuates harmful ultraviolet light in the stratosphere; a pollutant in the atmosphere at ground level; a powerful oxidising agent and disinfectant ...
 See also: Water, Waste, Site, Chlorine, Treatment
  
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