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ABSTRACT
This research was based in the fractionation of natural organic matter (NOM) present in the raw water that
supplies two water treatment plants (PTAP), one from river (Boaco) and one from lake (Juigalpa), in four
parts: very hydrophobic (VHA), slightly hydrophobic (SHA), charged (CHA) and neutral (NEU), which
were subjected to a process of coagulation-flocculation-sedimentation on a laboratory scale using
aluminum sulfate as a coagulant, wherein the hydrophilic fraction (CHA and NEU) was poorly removed.
Surrogate parameters were used to characterize this NOM, resulting in a mixture of hydrophobic and
hydrophilic organic matter in both waters as their values of specific ultraviolet absorbance (SUVA) were
between 2-4 L / mg-m, however the hydrophobic fraction (VHA + SHA) was the predominant one, which
indicated the presence of highly reactive aromatic compounds with chlorine. Finally it was determined
that the river water contains higher concentrations of trihalomethanes after being chlorinated. The slightly
hydrophobic fraction (SHA) was found the major contributor to the formation of trihalomethanes in both
treated water.
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Tapia, A.K., Reyes, A., García, I.A.
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Tapia, A.K., Reyes, A., García, I.A.
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Tapia, A.K., Reyes, A., García, I.A.
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Tapia, A.K., Reyes, A., García, I.A.
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Tapia, A.K., Reyes, A., García, I.A.
Al igual que en la época seca, el SUVA disminuyó Ambas aguas presentan concentraciones de
en las aguas tratadas, decreciendo más en la trihalometanos en el umbral o exceden el valor de
fracción hidrofóbica que en la fracción hidrofílica. 80.0 g/L de USEPA (1998); pero no sobrepasan
el valor máximo permitido de CAPRE (2002) de
Trihalometanos 460.0 g/L.
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Tapia, A.K., Reyes, A., García, I.A.
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