Techniques for determination of haloacetic acid (“HAA”) presence in aqueous solution

An apparatus for measuring presence of a haloacetic acid (“HAA”) in aqueous solution, the apparatus comprising:

• an intake to be fluidically coupled to a supply of the aqueous solution;
• sample extraction mechanism coupled to the intake to draw samples of the aqueous solution from the supply upon electronic actuation, each of the samples having an expected volume;
• an ion separation mechanism to receive each of the samples and to separate negatively charged ions therefrom, the negatively charged ions including the HAA and other ionic species;
• a material to separate the HAA from the other ionic species extracted from each sample;
• a measurement device to measure HAA presence for each associated one of the samples;
• fluid storage to supply at least one fluid;
• at least one transfer mechanism to transfer, upon respective electronic actuation,
• the negatively-charged ions extracted from each sample to the material,
• the separated HAA from the material to the measurement device, wherein the measurement device is to measure HAA presence in the corresponding sample, and
• the at least one fluid to the ion separation mechanism and the material, so as to renew the ion separation mechanism and the material for measurement of an ensuing one of the samples;
• and
• a control device to electronically actuate each of the sample extraction mechanism, the measurement device and the at least one transfer mechanism to draw each of the samples from the supply, to cause the measurement device to measure HAA extracted from each of the samples using the material and to renew the ion separation mechanism and the material using the at least one fluid supplied by the fluid storage.