Chlorate/Chlorite

Aqueous chemical reactions and the handling of chemicals used in drinking water treatment is the dominant source of environmental exposure to chlorate. Outside of exposure from drinking water treatment processes, the industrial uses of chlorate can lead to unsafe levels persisting in the environment. Chlorine dioxide, chlorite, and chlorate can occur in foods as they are used in flour processing, as decolorizing agents, as bleaching agents, and as an indirect additive from paper packaging.

American Water Works Association Chlorate/Chlorite info

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1. Aldehyde
2. Asbestos
3. Bromide/Bromate
4. Chlorate/Chlorite
5. Coal Ash
6. Disinfection Byproducts (DBP)
7. Endocrine Disrupting Compounds/ Pharmaceuticals and Personal Care Products
8. Fluoride
9. Giardia/ Cryptosporidium
10. Inorganic Contaminants (IOCs), Volatile Organic Contaminants, Synthetic Organic Contaminants
11. Lead and Copper
12. Long Term 2 Enhanced Surface Water Treatment Rule Documents
13. Nitrate
14. Perchlorate
15. Radionuclides
16. Total Organic Carbon/Alkalinity