hyperchlorination

noun

A water treatment method that chlorinates water to a very high degree.

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Meanings

nounhyperchlorination (uncountable)
  1. uncountableA water treatment method that chlorinates water to a very high degree.

    Free chlorine is mostly used at a low concentration (0.2–0.5 mg L -1 ) as a secondary disinfectant for the maintenance of water quality in distribution systems [3 ,9 ] or at higher concentrations as an installation disinfection treatment called hyperchlorination.

    2015 August 5, “Effect of Common Drinking Water Disinfectants, Chlorine and Heat, on Free Legionella and Amoebae-Associated Legionella”, in PLOS ONE, →DOI
  2. uncountablePerchlorination.

Synonyms & antonyms

Also see
perchlorination

Origin

From hyper- + chlorination.

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