Measuring Emerging Contaminants in Drinking Water and its Sources

在加拿大，公众对高质量水的需求和严格的法规是研究传统处理工艺替代品的主要驱动力。所需设备（一台配有质谱仪检测器的气相色谱仪，GC/MS）将取代一台陈旧的设备，用于确保及时继续研究先进和新兴技术（例如，膜和/或高级氧化工艺、AOP以及生物过滤），以最大限度地减少包括药物活性化合物（PhAC）和全氟物质（PF）在内的人造材料的浓度，以及对成品饮用水的味道和气味（T&O）有贡献的天然物质。它还将用于帮助进一步减少这些化合物和消毒剂反应的潜在有毒副产物的发生和浓度，这些化合物和消毒剂用于饮用水以消除水传播疾病。 在这样做的过程中，它将支持4个研究小组中30多名HQP的跨学科培训，并对加拿大人的健康和福祉产生重大影响。

In Canada, public demand for high quality water and stringent regulations are the main drivers for the investigation of alternatives to conventional treatment processes. The requested equipment (a gas chromatograph with mass spectrometer detector, GC/MS) will replace a well-worm and obsolete unit and be used to ensure the timely continuation of research on advanced and emerging technologies (e.g. membranes and/or advanced oxidation processes, AOPs, as well as biofiltration) to minimize the concentrations of man-made materials including pharmaceutically active compounds (PhAC) and perfluorinated substances (PFs), as well as natural substances that contribute to the taste and odour (T&O) of finished drinking water. It will also be used to help further minimize the occurrence and concentration of potentially toxic byproducts of the reactions of these compounds and disinfectants that are applied to drinking water to eliminate waterborne disease. In doing so, it will support the interdisciplinary training of more than 30 HQP in 4 research groups and be of significant benefit to the health and well being of Canadians.