Disinfection Fundamentals
Learn disinfection fundamentals for water and wastewater treatment, including pathogens, disinfectant demand and residual, contact time, CT concepts, chlorine, UV, ozone, and factors that affect performance.
Disinfection
5 articles
Articles
Chlorine Demand, Dose & Residual
Learn chlorine dose, demand, residual, free and combined chlorine, breakpoint chlorination, chlorine decay, ammonia effects, feed calculations, sampling, and operator troubleshooting.
Contact Time & Disinfection Performance
Learn contact time and disinfection performance, including CT, theoretical detention time, effective contact time, baffling, short-circuiting, T10, flow effects, temperature, pH, and operator troubleshooting.
Drinking Water Disinfection
Learn drinking water disinfection fundamentals, including primary and secondary disinfection, chlorine and chloramines, clearwell contact, distribution residual, water age, monitoring, and operator troubleshooting.
Wastewater Effluent Disinfection
Learn wastewater effluent disinfection using chlorine and UV, including solids effects, chlorine demand, ammonia, contact time, dechlorination, residual control, microbiological monitoring, and troubleshooting.