This prompted many public water systems to switch from chlorine to chloramines, Fairey said, because they form lower concentrations of these regulated disinfection by-products. But chloramines ...

Chloramines are a class of chlorine-based disinfectants that kill harmful bacteria in drinking water. When added to water, chloramine naturally reacts with other materials present in the water to ...

Starting Aug. 26, the Evansville Water & Sewer Utility will change the disinfectant used in the water supply from chloramine to free chlorine. The switch will last until Oct. 26. It could bring a ...