Many municipalities have reduced chlorination and now also use ultraviolet light to sanitize the public supply of drinking water.
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Chlorination
/ˌklɒ.ɹɪˈneɪ.ʃən/
Synonyms for "chlorination" (11 found)
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Closest matches (3)
Noun(3 words)
byproduct formationchemical treatmentchlorinated byproducts
Strong matches (3)
Noun(3 words)
Related words (5)
Noun(5 words)
chlorine disinfectionchlorine treatmentdisinfection byproduct formationhalogenationwater disinfection
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More general
8 entrieschemical actionchemical changechemical processchemical reactiondisinfectionenvironmental chemistrypublic health measurewater treatment
More specific
7 entrieselectrophilic chlorinationfree radical chlorinationgas chlorinationhaloacetic acid formationhypochlorite chlorinationphotochemical chlorinationtrihalomethane formation
Collocations
5 entrieschlorination byproductschlorination processelectrophilic chlorinationfree radical chlorinationwater chlorination
Inflections
1 entriesDerivations
3 entriesSample sentences
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