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Water Treatment Issues:

Acid Water

Algae, cyanotoxins

Alkalinity

Alum (Aluminum Sulfate)

Aluminum

Ammonia

Arsenic

Asbestos

Bacteria

Barium

Benzene

Bicarbonate Alkalinity

Boron (Borate, Boric Acid)

Brackish Water

Bromine

Bromate

Cadmium

Calcium

Carbon Dioxide

Carbon Tetrachloride

Chloramines

Chloride

Chlorine

Chromium

Color

Copper

Corrosion

Cryptosporidium

Cyanide

Dichloroethylene

Endocrine Disruptors

Fluoride

Giardia Lambia

Hardness

Heterotrophic Bacteria (HPC)

Hydrogen Sulfide

Iodine

Iron

Iron Bacteria

Lead

Magnesium

Manganese

Mercury

Methane

MTBE

Napthalene

Nickel

Nitrates and Nitrites

NMDA (N-Nitrosodimethylanime)

Norovirus

Odor

Organics

Perchloroethylene (PCE)

Perchlorate

Pesticides

pH

Pharmaceuticals

Radon

Radium

Selenium

Silica

Silver

Strontium

Sulfate

TDS (Total Dissolved Solids)

Trichlorethylene (TCE)

Tritium

Uranium

Vanadium

Vinyl Chloride

VOC


Bromine (Bromide)

Bromine exists in sea water and is actually used in water treatment as a disinfectant for pools and cooling towers. Its use in drinking water is not recommended.

As ethylene bromide it is used as a gasoline additive and as methyl bromide it is used as a soil fumigant.

Bromine is extremely corrosive and it produces burning and irritation to the skin. Bromine is also used in pesticides and in the pharmaceuticals industry. It is from these uses that it becomes a water contaminant.

 

Water Treatment: Bromide is removed handily by reverse osmosis. Removal rate is around 95%. It is also removed by activated carbon, ultrafiltration, and dialysis.

 

Source: Enting Engineering Handbook.