Demonstrating sucralose as a monitor of full-scale UV/AOP treatment of trace organic compounds

- Monitoring the treatment of trace organic contaminants requires a probe compound.
- Sucralose was shown to be an ideal conservative probe for UV-based AOPs.
- Sucralose was found at high levels in wastewater, facilitating its direct detection.
- Degradation of sucralose across different UV/AOPs was slower than all tested compounds.
- Sucralose was shown to be a potential probe for following the decay of primary oxidation products.