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An Investigation of the Risks of Disinfection Byproducts in Wastewater Recycling: From Forward Osmosis Membrane Process to Natural Sunlight Photolysis Xu, Jiale Dai, Ning Civil, Structural and Environmental Engineering civil engineering environmental engineering Ph.D. Wastewater recycling is an important strategy to overcome water scarcity. Wastewater can be treated by reverse osmosis-based full advanced treatment systems to reach drinking water quality for potable reuse. Wastewater recycling can also occur unintentionally (i.e., de facto reuse) where upstream wastewater effluents constitute part of the drinking water source downstream. In both cases, the formation of disinfection byproducts (DBPs) is of concern. DBPs are formed from the reactions between disinfectants (e.g., chlorine) and various water constituents, and they represent one of the major health risks for disinfected wastewater. This dissertation aims to investigate the risks of DBPs in the two scenarios of wastewater recycling. The first part of this dissertation systematically investigated the rejection of DBPs by forward osmosis (FO)...The second part of this dissertation assessed the effects of sunlight on the potential of wastewater effluents to form DBPs in de facto reuse... **To request an accessible version of the file(s) associated with this item, contact library@buffalo.edu. Please include the item's persistent URL [http://hdl.handle.net/. . .] in your request.** 2025-02-21T21:36:46Z 2025-02-21T21:36:46Z 2020 Text Dissertation http://hdl.handle.net/10477/86714 eng Users of works found in University at Buffalo Institutional Repository (UBIR) are responsible for identifying and contacting the copyright owner for permission to reuse. University at Buffalo Libraries do not manage rights for copyright-protected works and cannot assist with permissions. Copyright retained by author. application/pdf State University of New York at Buffalo