4.0.1.4.3

Classes of Organic DBPs

Annex

Some classes of organic DBPs50 are: * TRIHALOMETHANES (total trihalomethane is the sum of the concentrations of chloroform, bromoform, bromodichloromethane, and dibromochloromethane); * Chlorinated phenols (2-chloro-, 2,4-dichloro- and 2,4,6-trichlorophenol), haloketones (1,1-dichloropropanone, 1,1,1-trichloropropanone); * Haloketones ( bromopropanone, 1,1-dichloropropanone, 1,1,1-trichloropropanone, etc.); * Haloacetic acids (Total haloacetic acids include the sum of the concentrations of mono-, di-, and trichloroacetic acids and mono- and dibromoacetic acids); * Haloacetonitriles (HANs) include (dichloro-, trichloro-, dibromo- and bromochloroacetonitrile), chloropicrin, chloral hydrate, 3-chloro-4-(dichloromethyl)-5-hydroxy-2(5H)-furanone, etc.; and * Organic chloramines.

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