PM oxidation and PAC adsorption both improved the removal of DOC and DON compounds.
PM oxidation has better performance on reducing HAA formation than PM adsorption.
PAC adsorption has better performance on reducing N-DBP and THM formation than PM oxidation.
PM improved the performance of PAC on removal of C-DBP and N-DBP precursors.
PM–PAC process is a promising pretreatment technology in integrated control of DBPs.