自1906年在法国尼斯市安装臭氧消毒装置以来，臭氧一直用于饮用水的处理。尽管世界各地的许多水处理厂仍然主要使用臭氧进行消毒，但大多数现代工厂都依赖臭氧来执行一种或多种氧化功能。臭氧氧化的应用现在包括无机和有机材料的氧化、去除浊度或悬浮固体的絮凝和微絮凝，以及促进在过滤和吸附介质中进行的好氧生物过程。 讨论了细菌消毒、病毒灭活、可溶性铁和锰的氧化、颜色去除、味道和气味去除、藻类控制、氰化物、硫化物、亚硝酸盐、三卤甲烷、成本和健康影响。包括58个参考文献、表格、图表。

Ozone has been used for the treatment of drinking water since 1906 when it was installed in the city of Nice, France, for disinfection purposes. Although many water treatment plants throughout the world still use ozone primarily for disinfection most modern plants rely on ozone to perform one or more oxidation functions. Applications for ozonation now include oxidation of inorganic and organic materials, flocculation and microflocculation for removal of turbidity or suspended solids, and promotion of aerobic biological processes conducted in filter and adsorption media. Bacterial disinfection, viral inactivation, oxidation of soluble iron and manganese, color removal, taste and odor removal, algae control, cyanides, sulfides, nitrites, trihalomethanes, costs, and health effects are discussed. Includes 58 references, tables, figures.