Can chlorine dioxide be used for potable water treatment?
Chlorine dioxide is used extensively for use in the treatment of potable water, industrial waters and community purification plants. It is also ideal for smaller water supplies such as cisterns and hospital water systems. Chlorine dioxide is approved and recommended by the United States Environmental Protection Agency (US EPA) as an environmentally friendly drinking water additive to replace chlorine (which is known to form carcinogenic by-products) for both the pre-treatment and final disinfection of potable waters …
