Assessment of Trihalomethane Formation in Chlorinated Raw Waters with Differential UV Spectroscopy Approach

Table 1

Raw water quality parameters.

Parameter	Unit	Terkos Lake	Büyükçekmece Lake
		Average value
pH	—	7.97 ± 0.16	8.19 ± 0.14
Turbidity	NTU	3.34 ± 0.46	3.24 ± 0.27
Total Hardness	mg CaCO3/L	116.3 ± 6.7	166.4 ± 10.3
Alkalinity	mg CaCO3/L	103.1 ± 7.53	114 ± 7.7
Temperature	°C	17.2 ± 2.3	17.1 ± 2.1
DOC	mg/L	4.78 ± 0.3	4.71 ± 0.45
UV254	cm^−1	0.13 ± 0.01	0.095 ± 0.008
Br	𝜇g/L	90 ± 20	180 ± 20
DBPFP	𝜇g/L	278 ± 30.2	230 ± 24.4
Conductivity	𝜇S/cm	305 ± 13.5	470 ± 16
SUVA	L/mg·m	3.04 ± 0.14	2.02 ± 0.23