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Main Title Testing and Validation of a Multiple Nonlinear Regression Model for Predicting Trihalomethane Formation Potential.
Author Amy, G. L. ; Minear, R. A. ; Cooper, W. J. ;
CORP Author Florida International Univ., Miami. Drinking Water Research Center. ;Arizona Univ., Tucson. Dept. of Civil Engineering. ;Illinois Univ. at Urbana-Champaign. Inst. for Environmental Studies.;Environmental Protection Agency, Cincinnati, OH. Risk Reduction Engineering Lab.
Publisher c1987
Year Published 1987
Report Number EPA-R-810277-01 ;EPA-R-809935-01; EPA/600/J-87/549;
Stock Number PB91-211367
Additional Subjects Chlorination ; Water ; Halohydrocarbons ; Chemical reactions ; Models ; Regression analysis ; Temperature ; pH ; Ultraviolet spectroscopy ; Reprints ; Trihalomethanes
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Abstract
The paper summarizes a testing and validation analysis of a previously developed model for predicting trihalomethane formation potential (THMFP) in chlorinated waters containing THM precursors. The original model, in the form of a nonlinear multiple regression equation, tended to overpredict THM formation potential at lower chlorine concentrations and underpredict at higher chlorine concentrations. The model proved to be more accurate in simulating THM formation potential in waters with moderate levels of organic carbon/THM precursors. While the model did not provide a high degree of predictive accuracy, the general format of the nonlinear model represents a rational framework for developing source specific models applicable to a given water source. (Copyright (c) 1987 Pergamon Journals Ltd.)