Journal
DESALINATION AND WATER TREATMENT
Volume 57, Issue 35, Pages 16324-16335Publisher
TAYLOR & FRANCIS INC
DOI: 10.1080/19443994.2015.1079805
Keywords
DOC; Chemical fractionation; Hydrophobicity; Hydrophilicity; Single wavelength UV and UV ratio
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- University of Southern Queensland, Australia
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Chemical fractionation is a powerful tool for unravelling the reasons behind water treatment problems such as the formation of disinfection by-products (DBPs). This technique can however be costly and time-consuming. Hence, exploring quick affordable surrogate measurements to this technique is of great importance for water treatment operators. In this study, the correlations between aquatic carbon fractions and single wavelength and UV ratios of A(254), A(280), A(254)/A(204), A(250)/A(365) and A(254)/A(436) were examined for seven water bodies located in South-east Queensland, Australia. It was observed that A(254)/A(204) has a strong and significant correlation with hydrophobic/hydrophilic ratio (R-2=0.984). A(250)/A(365) exhibited a weak but significant correlation with the same fraction ratio (R-2=0.687) suggesting that the chemical fractions cannot be assumed of a certain molecular size. A(254)/A(436) had a weak and insignificant correlation with carbon fractions (R-2=0.0506). The hydrophobic fraction of the seven water bodies showed a strong and significant correlation with A(254) (R-2=0.968) and A(280) (R-2=0.958). The diverse carbon source of the tested water bodies confirms the reliability of the observed correlations. The results of this study highlight the potential use of UV absorbance as a real-time technique for monitoring the structural change of aquatic carbon.
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