Nester's Microbiology: A Human Perspective
Nester's Microbiology: A Human Perspective
9th Edition
ISBN: 9781259709999
Author: Denise G. Anderson Lecturer, Sarah Salm, Deborah Allen
Publisher: McGraw-Hill Education
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Effects of chlorination of water in tap water system.

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Chlorination of water is the addition of chlorine or hypochlorite in water. It is the easiest method used to kill some microbes and bacteriafrom tap water. Chlorine in water acts as a disinfectant and was added to the tap water supplies, which kills disease pathogens like protozoans, bacteria, and viruses. Water chlorination can be done to get rid ofa diseaselike cholera, typhoid, and dysentery are the air-borne diseases.

Chlorine is a strong oxidizing agent, which can be manufactured by salt electrolysis. Hydrolyzed products of chlorinecause disintegration of lipids of the cellwalland unstabilizemacromolecules, Such as proteins and the nucleic acid of the pathogens.

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