Summary
Chemical oxidants such as chlorine are widely utilized as disinfectants to inactivate waterborne pathogens in conventional water treatment processes. However, chlorine can react with various background constituents in drinking water sources (e.g., natural organic matter, bromide, and iodide) to form undesirable and toxic disinfection byproducts (DBPs). Currently, the US EPA regulates the maximum contaminant levels (MCLs) of 11 DBPs in drinking water including 4 trihalomethanes (THMs), 5 haloacetic acids (HAAs), bromate (BrO-3), and chlorite (ClO2-). Unregulated iodinated DBPs (I-DBPs) are rec
