Contamination of drinking water soon after cement mortar lining renovation depending on the disinfectant doses

Abstract

The quality of water transported through freshly cemented water pipes depends not only on the type of cement used. The other factor affecting the degree of leaching pollutants from cement coatings is the chemical parameters of the water. A disinfection process is necessary for maintaining water which is safe for human health and high quality. However, simultaneously, the presence of disinfectant in water may cause some problems. The results of the experiments performed showed that independently of the concentration of sodium hypochlorite in water, rapid changes of water pH soon after cement mortar lining renovation may always be expected. The addition of disinfectant to water causes an increase in pollutants leaching from cement coatings, even in the case of a low disinfectant dose. Although the concentration of disinfectant in water has a differential impact on the degree of pollutants leaching from cement coatings, the increase in the leaching of the pollutants is not proportional to the disinfectant concentration.