Disinfection requirement under Surface Water Treatment Rule *« An amendment to the Safe Drinking water Act 1974 in USA required that all public water supplies be disnfected. * This became known as the Surface Water Treatment Rule. * This required 3 log and 4 log removal of Giardia Cysts and enteric virusesCT Value * CT value developed to quantify disinfection and to provide a way to guage the removal or inactivation . * The time is based on time that water with 10 % of an app. Trace concentration takes to appear at the sampling point at peak hourly flow, ty)Determination of T,, ¢ 1. Dye Tracer Method — Uses the application of suitable dye tracer to simulate actual flow conditions ¢ 2. Theoretical Methods