223102

ASSESSMENT OF WATER QUALITY IN CHLORINATED DRINKING WATER DISTRIBUTION NETWORKS REGARDING TO TRIHALOMETHANES FORMATION

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Last updated: 04 Jan 2025

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Civil Engineering: structural, Geotechnical, reinforced concrete and s…nd sanitary engineering, Hydraulic, Railway, construction Management.

Abstract

Chlorine disinfection in conventional water treatment plants in Egypt is a popular and inexpensive technique for disinfecting raw surface water before distribution to consumers. Nevertheless, the chlorination process in the presence of natural organic matter and decreased water quality due to uncontrollable population results in formation of high concentrations of carcinogenic disinfection by-products, from which trihalomethanes (THMs). In this paper, the water quality of Assiut drinking water network (ADWN) was assessed in terms of THMs studying different water quality parameters. An extended period simulation based on a modelling software WaterGEMS was employed to obtain the critical locations to be examined according to key parameters namely: water age, residual chlorine concentration, water velocity, and type of storage. The study concluded that THMs concentrations from all critical locations in Assiut drinking water network would not exceed the Egyptian regulatory threshold and US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) guidelines. Even more, an investigated domestic roof tank should be critically operated under a planned scheme of monitoring and maintenance due to its deteriorated water quality.

DOI

10.21608/jesaun.2022.124056.1121

Keywords

water quality, Water treatment, Disinfection, Trihalomethanes, WaterGEMS

Authors

First Name

Hanan Hosni

Last Name

Badr

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Affiliation

Civil Engineer at Nasr General Contracting Company (Hassan M. Allam)

Email

enamfcivil@hotmail.com

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First Name

Ali Abdel Rahman

Last Name

Gad

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Affiliation

Civil Engineering Department, Faculty of Engineering, Assiut University, Assiut, Egypt.

Email

aligad64@yahoo.com

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First Name

Ahmed

Last Name

Farghaly

MiddleName

Mustafa

Affiliation

Civil Engineering Department, Faculty of Engineering, Assiut University, Assiut, Egypt.

Email

a.m.farghaly@aun.edu.eg

City

Assiut

Orcid

0000-0002-8014-3006

Volume

50

Article Issue

3

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32930

Issue Date

2022-05-01

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2022-02-25

Publish Date

2022-05-01

Page Start

100

Page End

112

Print ISSN

1687-0530

Online ISSN

2356-8550

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Research Paper

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1,438

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Publication Title

JES. Journal of Engineering Sciences

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https://jesaun.journals.ekb.eg/

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ASSESSMENT OF WATER QUALITY IN CHLORINATED DRINKING WATER DISTRIBUTION NETWORKS REGARDING TO TRIHALOMETHANES FORMATION

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23 Jan 2023