This AWWA Manual of Water Supply Practices provides a complete information resource on the uses of chlorine and chloramines in municipal water treatment.

The manual focuses on chemical properties, disinfection mechanisms, feed rates, handling, storage, and safety. Recent developments in equipment, disinfection strategies, and techniques to minimize the formation of disinfection by-products is also covered in detail.

Appendices include dechlorination practices, CT values for inactivation of Giardia and viruses by free chlorine and other disinfectants, chlorine residual test methods, and disinfection of facilities.