Compound Level (ug/l)
Original
Tap water
80°C:
1 minute
100°C:
0 minute
Boiling:
1 minute
Boiling:
5 minutes
Chloroform 45.6 23.2 12.3 9.4 4.1
Bromodichloromethane 44.6 24.1 13.5 10.8 4.6
Chlorodibromomethane 42.3 24.1 14.4 12.3 5.5
Bromoform 35.9 21.3 13.9 13.5 6.8
Source: http://monographs.iarc.fr/ENG/Monographs/vol52/mono52-6.pdf.
Table 1: Effect of heating and boiling water on trihalomethanes content.