A chemical disinfectant, permanganate is used by the city to treat drinking water. At Tuesday's city council meeting, city manager Peter Zanoni told council members that the city has about a 12 ...

This disinfecting process was also used in 2009 and 2015. To eliminate the taste or smell of chlorine, Melbourne officials advise residents to pour tap water into a container and place it in a ...

THMs have been detected at 38.1 ppb in NYC’s water supply, according to EWG data from 2013-19. The US limits THM in drinking water to 80 ppb, while the EWG recommends not exceeding 0.15 ppb.

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Disinfectant powder is stirred in bacteria-contaminated water (upper left). The mixture is exposed to sunlight, which rapidly kills all the bacteria (upper right).