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WATER ANALYSIS: EMERGING CONTAMINANTS AND CURRENT ISSUES
Citation:
Richardson, S D. WATER ANALYSIS: EMERGING CONTAMINANTS AND CURRENT ISSUES. Analytical Chemistry 75(12):2831-2857, (2003).
Impact/Purpose:
(1) Use toxicity-based approach to identify DBPs that show the greatest toxic response. (2) Comprehensively identify DBPs formed by different disinfectant regimes for the 'Four Lab Study'. (3) Determine the mechanisms of formation for potentially hazardous bromonitromethane DBPs.
Description:
This review covers developments in Water Analysis over the period of 2001-2002. A few significant references that appeared between January and February 2003 are also included. Previous Water Analysis reviews have been very comprehensive; however, in 2001, Analytical Chemistry changed its approach to include only 100-200 significant references and to mainly focus on new trends. As a result, this year the review will limit its focus to new, emerging contaminants and environmental issues that are driving most of the current research. Even with this more narrow focus, only a small fraction of the quality research publications could be discussed. Thus, this review will not be comprehensive, but will highlight new areas and only discuss representative papers in the areas of focus.