公用事业经理会发现这篇文章很有用，因为它讨论了通过强化混凝去除溶解有机碳（DOC），这被认为是最好的可用技术。作者描述了如何预测在使用铁基或铝基混凝剂处理期间将被去除的溶解有机化合物的比例。通常，有必要去除一定比例的这些化合物，因为它们会导致残余氯的损失，并在分配系统中形成消毒副产品。对于模拟的美国和澳大利亚水域，作者发现，在固定pH值下，明矾比低剂量的三价铁混凝剂去除更多DOC。然而，在较高剂量下，他们观察到三价铁凝固剂比明矾去除更多DOC。能够预测处理水中的DOC量对于设计新的处理厂、优化现有处理厂的DOC去除以及影响分配系统中的氯稳定性等行动非常有用。 包括20个参考文献、表格、图表。

Utility managers will find this article useful because it discusses removal of dissolved organic carbon (DOC) by enhanced coagulation, which is considered a best available technology. The authors describe how to predict the proportion of dissolved organic compounds that will be removed during treatment with ferric- or aluminum-based coagulants. Often, it is necessary to remove a percentage of these compounds because they cause the loss of chlorine residual and the formation of disinfection byproducts in the distribution system. For the US and Australian waters modeled, the authors found that at a fixed pH alum removed more DOC than ferric coagulant did at lower doses. At higher doses, however, they observed that ferric coagulant removed more DOC than alum. Being able to predict the amount of DOC in treated water can be useful for such actions as designing a new treatment plant, optimizing the DOC removal of an existing plant, and influencing chlorine stability in a distribution system. Includes 20 references, table, figures.