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    EP 0 636 582 Al aes TT © G) excvem ran tie Orwtatnnner — 0.636 582 Al Office européen des brevets ® EUROPEAN PATENT APPLICATION © Application number: 94111645.3 @ int cis. CO2F 1/72 ® Date of fing: 26.07.94 © Priority: 29.07.93 T MI931700 © Applicant: PROMOX S..L. Via Carrobbio, 8 © Dato of pvbicaton of application: #21100 Varese (VA) (T) 01.0296 Bulletin 95°05 © inventor: Minott, Lugh 0 PROMOX Sr. © Designated Contracting States Val Armando Diaz AT CH DE ES FR GB GRIT LI PT 1-21038 Leggiuno VA (IT) @® Representative: Trupiano, Roberto BREVETTI EUROPA Sr. Piazza Bernini, 6 120133 Milano (MI) (IT) ® Process for the puritying of waters for human consumption. ® Process for the purifying of waters for human consumption by means of a treatment with organic peracids, such as peracetid acid, performic acid, perpropionic acid. 10 Rank Xerox (UK) Business Saves EP 0 636 582 A1 ‘SUBJECT MATTER This invention relates to a process for the purifying of waters for human consumption, which is simply realizable, does not give rise to the formation of mutagenic-cancerogenic agents, and doss not cause, in purified waters, bad tastes, with the associated discomforts for users. STATE OF THE ART As is known, waters for human consumption are drawn from natural hydric reserves, such as, for instance, lakes, rivers, natural or arificial basins, natural water beds, and the like, and before being run into the water systems they are subject, during the purifying, to treatments of various type, suitable to remove possible toxic substances, organic and/or inorganic pollutants, as well as the bacterial load which is present in such natural hydric reserves. In the last years, many experimental researches, carried out, for instance, by H.F. KRAYBILL J.Am Water Works Assoc., 73.370 (1981); JR. Meior Mutat. Res. 196,211(1988), have noticed in purified waters the presence of mutagenic agents, which is cause for concern because of the potential toxic effect of such agents in man. In fact, one means by mutagenic agent any chemical composition capable of interacting with the cellular genetic heredity, causing irreversible alterations that are responsible for many human patholog- jes, such as hereditary diseases, congenital malformations, malignant tumors and the like. Among the ‘Sources of pollution due to mutagenic-cangerogenic agents in drinking-waters, besides the drawn waters, ‘which tum out to be more and more polluted, and the distribution systems, such as pipeworks and reservoirs, also the purifying systems used today should be mentioned, among which chlorination, which is at present the most widespread method. Such method, which involves the use of chlorine gas, hypoch- lorites or chlorine dioxide, has been accused for some years, as such substances present in waters, in particular the nitrogenous ones, give rise to the formation of many chlororganic compositions whose ‘mutagenic activity has been demonstrated. The formation of mutagenic products is noticed even when surface waters with a high degree of purty ao utlized for the purifying, as such waters contain substances ‘which originate from the decay of vegetables, for instance humic and fulvic acids, which form with chlorine rmutagenic-cangorogenic agents, such as triahalomethanes, chloroform, and other chlorinated compositions (J.ROOK, J. Wet. Treat. Exam. 22,234(1974); S. MONARCA et al. AMBIENTE RISORSE SALUTE, Nov. 1969). It's therefore evident that the main source of products having a mutagenic activity in drinking-waters arises from the very purifying treatment of such waters, caried out through the ullization of chlorine andlor its derivatives. This has been confiemed by several researches carried out on water samples taken trom purifying plants of some towns of the US, Europe and even of ltaly (P. DOLARA et al. Bull. Environ Gontam. Toxicol. 27,1(1981); S. MONARCA, D.A. Sept. 1988; 8. MONARCA et al. Int. J. of Environmental Health Res, 2.192-200 (1992) Besides, the purifying of water by chlorination takes place according to a rather long and complicated process, made up by several stops, and which comprises: a first treatment of ram water drawn from the available hydric source with chlorine and its derivatives, such as, for instance, hypachiorites or chlorine dioxide in strong excess, in order to perform a first disinfection; a subsequent fitration treatment, for instance on active carbon or the like, to remove excess chlorine and to hold back any toxic agent that might, be present andlor have formed during the treatment; @ third treatment with chlorine or derivatives of same, such as, for instance, hypachorites or chlorine dioxide, to keep the so treated water at an acceptable level Of disinfoction trom bacteria, exploiting the bacteriostatic and bactericidal activity of chlorine and its derivatives. Besides the already mentioned drawbacks, a further drawback ensuing from the aforementioned treatment is constituted by the unpleasant taste which characterizes very often drinking-waters subjoct to Chlorination treatment; the more intense the treatment undergone, the more marked such unpleasant taste, \which causes remarkable annoyances among the consumers of such waters. Because of these drawbacks, some altomative disinfectants have been tried out in view of their utlization in the purifying cycle of waters as replacements for chlorine and its derivatives: such alternative disinfectants are constituted, for instance, by ozone, even though some researches carried out inthis sense have demonstrated that, depending on the ozone concentration utilized, there may even be an increase in the mutagenicity of the treated water. Other purifying techniques provide for the treaternent of waters with UV rays, oF the adsorption of such waters on active carbon or on suitable resins, which involves the

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