Chlorine Dosage for microbial contamination in water distribution systems

What is it about?

Maintaining adequate levels of chlorine in intermittent water supply system is an important task to protect people from water borne diseases. In this paper we had developed the kinetics governing the reactions of chlorine with microbial contaminants to optimize the chlorine dosage at the dosing locations. A multi-phase kinetic model is found to fit the resulting data and the developed model explains the reaction kinetics of chlorine disappearance with less than 5% error. The developed model could be applied to determine optimal chlorine dosages in drinking water distribution systems.

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Why is it important?

Many children are affected by water-borne diseases, especially from developing /underdeveloped countries. The developed model would help in determining the optimal dosage of chlorine in Intermittent watersupply system which are more vulnerable for microbial contamination

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