Abstract
Water samples collected from TE river and K drinking water supply system which takes water from the TE river were analyzed by means of GC/ECD, in order to characterize and determine halogenated organic compounds. Trihalomethanes, haloacetones, haloacetaldehydes, haloacetic acids, halopropionic acids were found to be present in both river and drinking water. Among these halogenated organics, the highest concentration was observed for haloacetic acids in the river water while haloacetic acids and trihalomethanes as disinfection by-products were detected at higher concentrations in the drinking water. Brominated compounds, such as bromodichloromethane and tribromoacetic acid, were also detected at high concentrations in the drinking water, although these compounds showed very low levels in the river water.
These results were also compared with those observed for TA river and S drinking water which takes water from the TA river.
