This study evaluated strategies targeting disinfection byproduct (DBP) mitigation using TiO2 photocatalysis
with varying influent water quality. A Purifics Photo-CAT Lab reactor was used to assess total
trihalomethane (TTHM) and haloacetic acid (HAA) formation as a function of photocatalytic treatment
using water from a conventional coagulation/flocculation/sedimentation process, granular activated
carbon filtration, and a DBP hot spot in the water distribution system. Regardless of influent water quality,
photocatalysis reduced DBP precursors; however, low-energy limited photocatalysis (