Kara, GulnihalTongur, SuheylaAydin, Mehmet Emin2020-03-262020-03-2620111018-46191610-2304https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12395/26494This study examined spatial and seasonal variation of total organic carbon (TOC), pH, free residual chlorine, temperature and bromide which possibly affect the formation of of disinfection by-products (DBPs) in six drinking water reservoirs of Konya, Turkey, during the period 2004-2007. This study also examined DBP formation via chlorination of the water samples from these reservoirs. The average TOC in the reservoirs was 9.22 mg/L, pH was 8.3, temperature was 15.25 degrees C, bromide was 0.13 mg/L, and free residual chlorine was 0.16 ppm. In drinking water reservoirs, the total DBP concentration increased slightly with increasing pH. A low but significant relationship (r = 0.2, p <0.01) occurred between total DBPs and free residual chlorine. A high and significant relationship (r= 0.63, p < 0.01) occurred between total DBP concentration and total organic carbon. The extent of bromide incorporation into DBPs increased with increasing bromide ion level.eninfo:eu-repo/semantics/closedAccessdrinking waterdisinfection by-productschlorinationhaloacetonitriles (HANs)chloropicrin (CP)haloketones (HKs)GCKonyaTurkeyArticle207A18211826N/AWOS:000292627300014Q4