“… Huang et al (2016) demonstrated that chlorine generated during DC treatment was much more effective in disinfection of different kinds of pathogens than chemical chlorination. Hydrogen peroxide (H 2 O 2 ) and chlorine dioxide (ClO 2 ) are also common byproducts in electro-chemical reactions ( Qiang et al, 2002 , Bergmann and Koparal, 2005 , Pillai et al, 2009 ), and they have been proven efficient in inactivating bacterial and viral pathogens ( Huang et al, 1997 , Lazarova et al, 1999 , Labas et al, 2008 , Juven and Pierson, 1996 ). In contrast, thermal disinfection due to OH was responsible for the inactivation of bacterial pathogen indicators during sludge electro-dewatering treatment reported by Navab-Daneshmand et al (2012) .…”