hyperchlorination

English

Etymology

hyper- +‎ chlorination

Noun

hyperchlorination (uncountable)

1. A water treatment method that chlorinates water to a very high degree.
   • 2015 August 5, “Effect of Common Drinking Water Disinfectants, Chlorine and Heat, on Free Legionella and Amoebae-Associated Legionella”, in PLOS ONE‎^[1], →DOI:

     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.