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HOW DISINFECTION WORKS
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Disinfection kills or inactivates living organisms that cause disease
• Oxidation destroys the physical structure of the organism (cell walls, cellular organs etc.)
• Heat also destroys the physical structure of the organism
• Ultraviolet radiation destroys DNA so that the organism is unable to grow and reproduce
Chlorine, hypochlorites, chlorine dioxide, chloramines and ozone are oxidizers
Boiling water is a method of heat disinfection.
Disinfection with ultraviolet light.
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Chlorine-based Oxidizers are the disinfectants normally used in water
treatment• Oxidation is a chemical reaction, so we will
have to talk about chemistry for just a moment:
Cl2 + H20 HOCl + HCl
Chlorine plus water yields hypochlorous acid and hydrochloric acid
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Unfortunately, HOCl is not very stable ….
hypochlorous acid
H O Cl
Hydrogen ion
Hypochlorite ion
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The HOCl is continually breaking apart and re-forming
H O Cl
H O Cl
H
O Cl
HO ClH
O ClH
O Cl
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HOCL is 100 times stronger as a disinfectant than OCL..
H O Cl
WEAK DISINFECTANT
STRONG DISINFECTANT
SO WE WANT TO MAXIMIZE THE AMOUNT OF HOCL AND MINIMIZE THE AMOUNT OF OCL
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HOW CAN WE DO THIS?
• The factor with the biggest influence on HOCL versus OCL concentration in a chlorine solution is……..
pH
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So, which gives you more of the strong HOCL disinfectant:
A LOW pH
Or
A HIGH pH ?
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FACTORS AFFECTING DISINFECTION
• pH we just talked about this one!• Dose• Demand• Contact time• Temperature
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CHLORINE DOSECHLORINE DEMAND
• Dose is the chlorine added to water in ppm or mg/L
• Demand is the amount of chlorine used up in reacting with all of the impurities in the water
• Residual is the amount of chlorine left over after all demand has been met
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I like to think of this as a checking account…..
DOSE =
DEPOSIT
DEMAND = CHECKSPay to the Order of:_______
RESIDUAL=
BALANCE
Zero or
Negative
Is BAD
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So let’s check our Chlorine account balance…
DOSE = 3 ppm
DEPOSIT
DEMAND = 2.1 ppmPay to the Order of:_______
RESIDUAL=
BALANCE
?
.9 ppm
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And one more time
DOSE = 4.2 ppm
DEPOSIT
DEMAND = 2.9 ppmPay to the Order of:_______
RESIDUAL=
BALANCE
?
1.3
ppm
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OK, you can work this another way, also..
DOSE = 3 ppm
DEPOSIT
DEMAND = ? ppmPay to the Order of:_______
RESIDUAL=
BALANCE.5 ppm
2.5 ppm
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Calculating dose, given demand and the residual you want ..
DOSE = ? ppm
DEPOSIT
DEMAND = 2.1 ppmPay to the Order of:_______
RESIDUAL=
BALANCE
.2 ppm
2.3 ppm
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What is “Chlorine Demand”?
• When chlorine is added to water, some of it is immediately used up in reacting with impurities in the water. The amount of chlorine that is used up is the “demand” of this particular water.
• DEMAND can be caused by iron, manganese, harmful organics (like pathogens), harmless organics, ammonia… anything that chlorine will react with.
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FACTORS AFFECTING DISINFECTION
• pH • Dose• Demand• Contact time• Temperature
MoreIs Better!
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TEMPERATURE
Higher temperatures tend to INCREASE the rate of chemical reactions:
• Chlorine kills pathogens faster in warm water• Particles settle out faster in warm water• Corrosion happens faster in warm water
• Unfortunately, this also means chlorine residuals disappear faster in warm water (tanks and distribution system)
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POINT OF CHLORINE FEED
COAGULATION
Polymer fed to raw water here
FLOCCULATION SEDIMENTATION
FILTRATION
Fluoride fed here
CLEARWELL
RAWWATER
PRO: Lots of
Contact TimeCON:
Lots of Organics
Still inThe
Waterhere
PRO: Good
Contact Time
CON: OrganicsHave notSettledOut yet
PRO: Organics removedCON: Less contact time
PRO: Org
anics removed
CON: Very
little
contact tim
e
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WHAT’S ALL THIS ABOUT ORGANICS?
• WHEN MOST CONSUMERS THINK ABOUT ‘ORGANIC’ THEY THINK IT’S A GOOD THING!
• FOR WATER TREATMENT PROFESSIONALS, ‘ORGANICS’ ARE BAD NEWS
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ORGANICS
• Organic chemicals are compounds produced by living things.Some living things (grass, leaves, etc.) produce
compounds that are harmless to humans
Other living things (particularly warm-blooded animals) can be carriers of bacteria, viruses, and protozoa that cause infection.
ANY ORGANIC chemical has the potential to combine with chlorine to produce harmful DISINFECTION BY PRODUCTS (DBPs)
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TRIHALOMETHANES (THMs)
THM STANDS FOR:
Tri Halo Methane
Trihalomethanes are formed when free chlorine bonds with organic matter. (Chloramines and Chlorine dioxide don’t bond to form THMs)
THM’s are known carcinogens and suspected of other health effects
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FORMATION OF THMs
ORGANIC
CHLORINE
CHLORINE
CHLORINE
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REVIEW OF CHLORINE REACTIONS
• CHLORINE WILL REACT WITH:– PATHOGENS
– OTHER ORGANICS LIKE TASTE/ODOR COMPOUNDS
– AMMONIA
– INORGANICS LIKE IRON AND MANGANESE1
4
3
2
DEMAND FROM THESE MUST BE MET TO CREATE FREE Cl RESIDUAL
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BREAKPOINT
.5 ppm1.5 ppm
1 ppm
1.5 ppm
.5 ppm
TOTAL CL 2 ppm
FREECL .5 ppm
COMBINED1.5 ppm
Combined chlorine
Free chlorine
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Aren’t chloramines a disinfectant, too?
.5 ppm1.5 ppm
1 ppm
1.5 ppm
.5 ppm
Combined chlorine Free chlorine
Chloramine systems Free chlorine
systems
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HOW DOES AN OPERATOR KNOW WHEN BREAKPOINT HAS BEEN
REACHED?• IF you have a certain residual (say 2.0) and a
certain residual (say .5)….. And you increase the dose (say, to 2.3) –
• You’d expect the residual to go up to .8, wouldn’t you?
• If it does, you have reached breakpoint.
• If not, (say it only increased to .6) there was still some demand left in the water and you haven’t reached breakpoint yet.
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To go back to our checking account analogy…
RESIDUAL=
BALANCE
.5 ppm If you had .5 ppm in the bank…
You’d expect your new balance to be .8 ppm, wouldn’t you?
DOSE = .3 ppm
DEPOSIT
And you made a deposit of .3 ppm
If it was only .6 ppm, you’d have to say “WHOOPS”…..
DEMAND = .2 ppmPay to the Order of:_______
I must have had an outstanding Check for .2 ppm that I didn’t know about!