Trends of organochlorine pesticides in drinking water supplies |
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Authors: | Neeta Thacker Jagdish Bassin Vijaya Deshpande Sukumar Devotta |
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Institution: | (1) GEM Division, National Environmental Engineering Research Institute, Nehru Marg, Nagpur, 440 020, India |
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Abstract: | The effectiveness of the treatment process for the removal of pesticides in the final water supplies in Delhi has been evaluated.
Samples were collected during 2000–2005 from five water treatment plants (WTPs). Analysis was carried out to identify pesticides,
which are more commonly encountered in treated drinking water. In most of the treatment plants, the concentrations of lindane,
total endosulphan and total DDT were significantly less in the finished water. Monitoring of these less soluble pesticide
in the finished water from WTPs was done quarterly to arrive at the quality trends and to plan for the mitigation action,
in case the concentration of the parameter exceeded at any site or time. |
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Keywords: | Organochlorine pesticides Conventional treatment process Pesticides contamination Drinking water supplies Health effects |
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