“…Especially, AOM contains numerous carbohydrate, amino acids and proteinaceous compounds, all of which are potential disinfection by-product (DBP) precursors (Fang et al, 2010b;Li et al, 2012;Plummer and Edzwald, 2001;Yang et al, 2011). Also, many of these potential DBP precursors are characterized by more hydrophilic content and/or low molecular weight, and therefore likely to be poorly removed by conventional DWTPs using coagulationsedimentation-filtration (Bond et al, 2012;Chang et al, 2013;Chu et al, 2011;Richardson et al, 2007). Consequently, these may react with disinfectants (e.g., Cl 2 or NH 2 Cl) to form carbonaceous DBPs (C-DBPs) and nitrogenous DBPs (N-DBPs).…”