Formation of DBP in Wastewater

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In an attempt to protect the environment from being pullulated by the hazardous effluent. DBP
formation has significantly been employed in the wastewater treatment process to achieve the
standards required for the waste before their disposal. Factors such as limited drinking water
supply, massive irrigation, rapid industrialization, source protection, the increasing population
growth and the need for environmental protection sparked the need to treat the wastewater by the
use of BDP in water treatment to be able to recycle and reuse the same water for other processes.
The purpose of the DBP in wastewater treatment, however, is associated with specific adverse
outcomes. The DBPs formed significantly affects the aquatic life in the water. There is,
therefore, a need for an alternative disinfectant instead of the use of chlorine.

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Introduction
The use of disinfection in the wastewater provides an alternative way to wastewater
reclamation. The application of environmental friendly wastewater DBP help in the attempt to
solve the water shortages affecting most countries in the world. Most countries in the world will
be soon reclaiming their barren land through irrigation as a result of the use and application of
the use and application disinfection technique, significantly improving the agricultural sector.
The main reason for the wastewater treatment through disinfection technique is to help
reduce the environmental pollution that may result from discharging untreated wastewater in the
primary water sources (Guyer, 2018). This research paper elucidates the application of
wastewater disinfectants such as DBP in the wastewater treatment process as well as various
factors affecting the operation of wastewater treatment using disinfection byproducts in the
wastewater and water treatment.

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Discussion
Chlorine is one of the most commonly used disinfectants in the wastewater treatment
process. Its use in the effluent, however, results in the formation of carcinogenic disinfection
Byproduct. As a result of the reaction of the chlorine molecules in the effluent with both organic
and inorganic compounds in the effluent. The establishment of the disinfectant Byproducts in the
wastewater formed from the reaction of the chlorine with the various organic compounds to
interfere with the aquatic ecosystems. It is, therefore, necessary to save the life of the marine
creatures in the wastewater
Adequate wastewater treatment can be achieved by the use of Microtox bioassay with
Vibrio fischeri to intensively screen al the chemicals used in the wastewater treatment for the
removal of any disinfection byproduct formed. As the ratio of the chlorine molecule to
ammonium ions increases, the rate of toxicity of the wastewater also increases (Guyer, 2018).
Halonitromethanes (HNMs) is one of the examples of the disinfectant byproducts (DBPs) formed
from the reaction of the chlorine molecules with both organic and inorganic compounds in the
wastewater.
Total Halonitromethanes formed in the wastewater as a byproduct of chlorination is
directly proportional to the amount of bromine dissolved in the wastewater. As the bromine
concentration increases in the sewer, the amount of THMs also formed increases. Also, as the
bromide concentration increases, the rate of formation of the methyl bromide in the wastewater
also increases. In the differentiation between the freshwater and the sewage, the following
observations were made. At a higher concentration of the bromide, the distribution of the
monohalogenated, dihalogenated and trihalogeneted for the drinking water, differs from that of