The operator of a small water system asked about an alternative disinfectant to chlorine. The community was interested in an economically feasible choice because the U.S. EPA Phase 2 Disinfectant and Disinfection Byproducts Rule was about to take effect.The aquifer in southeast coastal Georgia and northern Florida has elevated organics levels, and chlorine disinfection can lead to the formation of trihalomethane contamination. We told the operator that increasingly, over the past decade, it has been challenging to produce safe, clean drinking water.Outbreaks of water-borne diseases in the United States and Canada have made people aware that water contaminated with microorganisms
