Research Product

This workshop was a logical extension of the conference "Environmental Impact of Water Chlorination" sponsored by EPA/ERDA and Oak Ridge National Laboratory 22-24 October, 1975. At Oak Ridge, engineers, environmentalists, biological and chemical researchers, and public health specialists came together and reviewed all aspects of chlorination of water. Among presentations at Oak Ridge were clear signals that chlorination of marine waters is unique and not analogous to chlorination of fresh waters. In effect this was reinforcement of research strategies of several federal, institutional and industrial groups. This workshop was therefore a chance for researchers to air, examine and criticize research activity underway, not to report conclusions per se. It constituted a forum where researchers could compare techniques, hypotheses, observations and make plans for continued pursuit of elusive insights into the dynamics of powerful oxidants such as chlorine in complex environments, such as living marine ecosystems.