Environ. Sci. Technol. 2010, 44, 7871–7877
Assessing the Fate of Nitrosamine Precursors in Wastewater Treatment by Physicochemical Fractionation ´ E,† M A R T I N K R A U S S , * ,† P H I L I P P L O N G R E EMMANUEL VAN HOUTTE,‡ JOHAN CAUWENBERGHS,§ AND JULIANE HOLLENDER† Eawag, Swiss Federal Institute of Aquatic Science and Technology, Ueberlandstrasse 133, CH-8600 Du ¨bendorf, Switzerland, Intermunicipal Water Company of Veurne-Ambacht (IWVA), Doornpanne 1, B-8670 Koksijde, Belgium, and Aquafin N.V., Dijkstraat 8, B-2630 Aartselaar, Belgium
Received April 21, 2010. Revised manuscript received August 31, 2010. Accepted August 31, 2010.
Source control or elimination of precursors of NDMA and other nitrosamines in wastewater requires information on their physicochemical properties, which is still limited. Thus we developed a multistep fractionation method based on a combination of consecutive filtration steps to
