A material which is not a coagulant, but which improves the effectiveness of a coagulant – often by forming larger or heavier particles, speeding the reactions, […]
A material, such as alum, which will form a gelatinous precipitate in water and cause the agglomeration (collection) of finely divided particles into larger particles which […]
A measure of the amount of chlorine which will be consumed by organic matter and other oxidizable substances in a water before a chlorine residual will […]
The treatment process in which chlorine gas or a chlorine solution is added to water for disinfection and control of microorganisms. Chlorination is also used in […]
Chemical complexes formed from the reaction between ammonia and chlorine being used to disinfect many municipal water supplies. Unlike chlorine, chloramines do not combine with organics […]