
Natural Organic Matter and Disinfection By-Products
The following links provide information on natural organic matter (NOM) and the formation of disinfection by-products (DBPs) when a chlorine-based disinfectant is introduced in drinking water. Information on treatment strategies to reduce both NOM and DBPs are included in this post.
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Abstracts & Articles
- Advanced Water Treatment Strategies for the Removal of Natural and Synthetic Organic Contaminants
- Chlorination Disinfection By-Products in Drinking Water
- Control and Prevention of Disinfection By-Product Formation Through Source Water Monitoring Using Photoelectrochemical Oxygen Demand (peCOD)
- Control Of Chlorinated Disinfection By-Products (DBPs): Pilot Testing Experiences In Two Ontario First Nations Communities
- Drivers of Disinfection Byproduct Cytotoxicity in U.S. Drinking Water: Should Other DBPs Be Considered for Regulation?
- Formation and removal of ozonation by-products in drinking water biofilters
- Trihalomethanes: Concentrations, Cancer Risks, and Regulations
Fact Sheets & Technical Bulletins
- Disinfection Byproducts
- Organic Removal
- Trihalomethane and haloacetic acid sampling and reporting requirements technical bulletin
- Volatile Organic Compounds (VOCs) & Groundwater
- Water Treatment and Disinfection By-Product Formation
Guides
Pilot Testing Project Reports
- Conventional and Dissolved Air Flotation Jar Testing
- Conventional Treatment Optimization for Big Grassy First Nation
- Decentralized Pilot Testing for Wauzhushk Onigum Nation
- Effect of Fixed Bed Ion Exchange Process in Addition to Enhanced Coagulation on the Reduction of High Levels of Organics
- Optimization of Conventional Treatment Processes for Residual Aluminum Control
- Reduction of Iron and Manganese Using Conventional Treatment and Greensand Filtration
- Taste and Odour Control Strategies with Advanced Oxidation Processes and Granular Activated Carbon for the Tay Area Water Treatment Plant
- Ultrafiltration and Granular Activated Carbon Pilot Testing with the Chippewas of Nawash Unceded First Nation
Pilot Testing Project Summaries
- Conventional and Dissolved Air Flotation Jar Testing
- Conventional Treatment Optimization for Big Grassy First Nation
- Decentralized Pilot Testing for Wauzhushk Onigum Nation
- Pilot Testing with Chippewas of Nawash Unceded First Nation
- Pilot Testing with Mississaugas of Scugog Island First Nation
- Pilot Testing with the Township of Tay to Reduce Taste and Odour
Presentations
- Assessing Post-Treatment Aeration Variables to Reduce Disinfection Byproducts(THMs) for Small Systems
- Minimizing DBPs With Multiple Disinfectant Barriers to Achieve Multiple Objectives
- Pilot Testing of Selected Technologies for the Removal of Natural Organic Matter for A First Nation Water Treatment Plant
- Pilot Testing Services and a Case Study to Reduce Organics
- Reducing Disinfection By-Products in Small Drinking Water Systems
- Using Fixed Bed Ion Exchange Process to Enhance the Reduction of Organics
Testing
- How-to filter a drinking water sample
- How-to analyze true and apparent colour of a drinking water sample
- How-to analyze UV absorbance and transmittance in a drinking water sample
- How-to analyze total and dissolved organic carbon (TOC/DOC)
Webinars
- Advances in PAC Adsorption for DBP Precursor and Micropollutant Removal
- Localized Treatment for Disinfection By-Products
- Reducing Volatile DBPs in Treated Drinking Water Using Aeration Technologies
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Supporting Documents
Videos
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Small System Fundamentals Course Resources
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- WCWC Fact Sheet: Absolute vs. Nominal Filter Ratings
Videos
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Operation of Small Drinking Water Systems Course Resources
This post provides resources for WCWC’s Operation of Small Drinking Water Systems course.
Supporting Documents
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This post provides resources for WCWC’s Basics for Small Drinking Water Systems (O. Reg. 319) course.
Supporting Documents
- WCWC fact sheet: Absolute vs. nominal filter ratings
- Responding to Adverse Events Fact Sheet
- Sample Directive
- Sample Log Book Sheet
Videos
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Basics for Small Drinking Water Systems (O.Reg. 319/08) – CEU: 0.7
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Videos
- How-to filter a drinking water sample
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- How-to analyze UV absorbance of a drinking water sample
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New Watermain Commissioning Course Resources
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Supporting Documents
- Watermain Disinfection Procedure
- Watermains: Design and Construction Manual – Linear Municipal Infrastructure
Videos
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Disinfection: Chlorine Course Resources
This post provides resources for WCWC’s Disinfection: Chlorine course.
Supporting Documents
Videos
- John Snow and the 1854 Broad Street Cholera Outbreak
- Peristaltic pump tubing replacement
- Diaphragm pump maintenance
- Changing a gas cylinder
- First response to chlorine exposure
- Emergency Kit A Device 1
- Chlorine gas leak at Jordan Port
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Supporting Documents
- Water analysis data sheet
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- Sodium hypochlorite safety data sheet
Videos
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