Rapid and Sensitive Determination of Haloacetic Acids and Acrylamide in Drinking Water using LC-Triple Quadrupole Mass Spectrometry
Haloacetic Acids (HAAs) and acrylamide are introduced into the drinking water supply during different stages of the water treatment process. HAAs are formed as unwanted disinfection by-products (DBPs) when chlorine is added to waters sources to kill pathogens whilst acrylamide is indirectly introduced via the use of polyacrylamide as a flocculant during water treatment.
Both compound classes are carcinogenic, whilst acrylamide is also known to also be mutagenic, and reprotoxic, thus requiring their levels in drinking water to be strictly measured.
Here we describe how the Agilent LC-Triple Quadrupole mass spectrometers are able to quantify these compounds to meet the Directive (EU) 2020/2184 regulation.
Presenter: Henry Russell (LC/MS Product Specialist, Agilent Technologies)
Henry Russell is a LC/MS Product Specialist, supporting our business partners in many countries in the EMEA region. Henry has worked in various roles with Agilent since 2001.
Previous to Agilent, Henry worked with a UK based channel partner following being employed in laboratory positions with commercial contract laboratories for several years.
