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The behaviour of the haloketones (HKs) 1,1-Dichloropropanone (1,1-DCP), 1,1,1-Trichloropropanone (1,1,1-TCP) and 1,3-Dichloropropanone (1,3-DCP) in ultrapure water solutions and in fortified drinking water samples was investigated. Their concentrations were determined at regular time intervals by the use of a gas chromatography-electron capture detector (GC-ECD) method. Two different temperatures were studied. The results have shown that HKs decompose both in ultrapure water solutions and in drinking water samples. The decomposition rates are higher in the drinking water samples, especially at higher temperature. 1,1,1-TCP is the compound which decomposes fastest followed by 1,3-DCP and 1,1-DCP. Chloroform was formed both in the ultrapure water solutions and in the drinking water samples, probably due to the decomposition of 1,1,1-TCP. In the drinking water samples, formation of chloral hydrate was also observed.

An investigation of the decomposition of dihaloacetonitriles (DHANs) in water solutions and fortified drinking water samples was conducted. The concentrations of dichloroacetonitrile (CHCl2CN, DCAN), bromochloroacetonitrile (CHBrClCN, BCAN) and dibromoacetonitrile (CHBr2CN, DBAN) were determined by a gas chromatography mass spectrometry (GC-MS) method at regular time intervals and different temperatures. The effect of sodium thiosulfate (Na2S2O3), which is used as a preservative in water samples, was also examined. The rates of decomposition were determined for each compound. The results show that the reactions are faster in fortified drinking water samples than in ultrapure water solutions. They are also favored at higher temperature, especially when sodium thiosulfate is present. The highest decomposition rate is shown by DCAN, followed by BCAN and DBAN, while at the presence of sodium thiosulfate the decomposition of DBAN is the fastest.

An investigation into the occurrence of volatile organic compounds (VOCs) was conducted for a period of two years in the surface waters of Northern Greece. Samples from four rivers and five lakes were taken seasonally and analyzed for VOCs. The analysis has been performed by purge-and-trap (PAT) gas chromatographic-mass spectrometric (GC-MS) technique. The most commonly encountered VOCs in surface waters were chloroform, carbon tetrachloride, trichloroethylene, dichlorobromomethane, tetrachloroethylene, and chlorodibromomethane.