信息收集规则（ICR）将要求一些公共供水进行消毒副产品（DBP）前体去除研究，其目的是使用膜工艺或颗粒活性炭（GAC）向EPA提供成本和性能数据。《ICR小试和中试处理研究手册》规定，为快速小试规模膜试验（RBSMT）收集的处理研究给水必须代表所调查的水源。由于许多分析物在EPA方法中需要立即将样品冷却至4摄氏度，因此样品在一定温度下运输- 控制环境是必要的。本研究考察了样品运输温度对RBSMT处理研究中使用的水源水完整性的影响，并比较了在实际工厂条件（模拟配水系统条件）下形成的DBP和在标准均匀形成条件下形成的DBP。

The Information Collection Rule (ICR) will require some public water supplies to conduct disinfection byproduct (DBP) precursor removal studies, the objective of which is to provide the EPA with cost and performance data using either membrane processes or granular activated carbon (GAC). The ICR Manual for Bench and Pilot Scale Treatment Studies states that the treatment study feed water collected for the Rapid Bench Scale Membrane Test (RBSMT) must be representative of the source under investigation. Since many of the analytes are in EPA methods that require immediate cooling of the sample to 4 degrees C, sample transportation in a temperature-controlled environment would be necessary. This study examined the effects of sample transportation temperature on the integrity of source water used in the RBSMT treatment studies and compared the DBPs formed under actual plant conditions (simulated distribution system conditions) and those formed under the standard uniform formation conditions.