Occurrence of HAAs and THMs in Tap Waters of The Bizerte City area (Tunisia): Portrait and Modeling | ||
| Egyptian Journal of Chemistry | ||
| Volume 66, Issue 8, August 2023, Pages 95-103 PDF (1.36 M) | ||
| Document Type: Original Article | ||
| DOI: 10.21608/ejchem.2022.116010.5253 | ||
| Author | ||
| Bechir Hammami* | ||
| Department of Chemistry, College of Science, Qassim University, Buraidah 51452, Saudi Arabia. | ||
| Abstract | ||
| Haloacetic acids (HAA) and Trihalomethanes (THM) are found in large amount as disinfection by-products (DBPs) in finished drinking waters. Conventionally, THM have been used as surrogates for DBP. The aim of this present study is to consist a portrait and a model of spatial-temporal formation of HAA as a function of THM species combination in drinking water samples from Tunisia districts. The analysis of HAA and THM and other physico-chemical parameters were accomplished into a six-month sampling program.Also, The occurrence of these DBP depending on seasonal variation reflects very different DBP amounts and the concentrations of HAA are between 19 and 115 μg.L-1 while these of THM are between 46–123 μg.L-1. Statistical correlations between HAAs and THMs were developed and statistically significant correlation between total THM and HAA were found (Pearson’s correlation coefficient, 0.955<R2<0.608; p<0.0005. finally, multivariate linear regression analysis of the concentrations observed show that the levels in each HAA can be predicted from the THM combination. | ||
| Keywords | ||
| Chlorination. Disinfection by; products. Drinking water. Haloacetic acids. Trihalomethanes | ||
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