Formation of assimilable organic carbon (AOC) during drinking water disinfection: A microbiological prospect of disinfection byproducts

Disinfection processes might alter the chemical structure of biological recalcitrant natural organic matter (NOM) in source water to form assimilable organic carbon (AOC), which can be readily utilized by microbes for growth. However, AOC has not been classified as disinfection byproducts (DBPs) bef...

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Main Authors: Guocheng Huang, Tsz-Wai Ng, Huan Chen, Alex T. Chow, Shengwei Liu, Po Keung Wong
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2020-02-01
Series:Environment International
Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0160412019320963