Re: Water Irradiation?

[Gary and Kris Troyer <kandg@urx.com>]

You are correct.  I mis-applied.  Formaldehyde is a byproduct of water 

treatments using ozonation.  Chloroform is correct item from the chlorine 

treatment. 

http://www.everpure.com/WaterU/16-disinfectantbyproducts.asp?type=Tab6&sub=wg 

gltroyer



At 06:18 AM 7/7/2002 +0200, Franz Schoenhofer wrote:



>-----Ursprüngliche Nachricht-----

>Von: Gary and Kris Troyer <kandg@urx.com>

>An: Muckerheide <muckerheide@attbi.com>; Franz Schoenhofer

><franz.schoenhofer@CHELLO.AT>; Kai Kaletsch <info@eic.nu>;

>radsafe@list.vanderbilt.edu <radsafe@list.vanderbilt.edu>

>Cc: FOX, Mike <foxy1@owt.com>

>Datum: Samstag, 06. Juli 2002 16:59

>Betreff: Re: Water Irradiation?

>

>

> >At the same time, US municipalities are specifically exempted from concern

> >about formaldehyde in drinking water at levels above safe drinking water

> >standard generated by municipal chlorination .

>

>

>Being a chemist I have never heard about formaldehyde to be formed during

>the chlorination process. Maybe you refer to chlorinated hydrocarbons, which

>are actually the products of concern.

>

>Franz



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