Development of disinfection-resistant bacteria during wastewater treatment

Water Environment Research

Volumn 71, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 277-281

  Scully Jr , Frank E ^a,c   Hogg, Paula A ^b   Kennedy, George ^b   Lewicki, Chuck ^b   Rule, Anna M ^b   Soffriti, Jane G ^b  

^a OLD DOMINION UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b HAMPTON ROADS SANITATION DISTRICT   (United States)

^c LOYOLA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Bacterial resistance; Disinfection; Fecal coliforms; Oxidation towers

Indexed keywords

COLIFORM BACTERIA; DISINFECTANTS; DISINFECTION; EFFLUENTS; OXIDATION; PH;

BACTERIAL RESISTANCE; FECAL COLIFORMS; OXIDATION TOWERS;

WASTEWATER TREATMENT;

CHLORINE;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BIOCHEMICAL OXYGEN DEMAND; CHLORINATION; COLIFORM BACTERIUM; DISINFECTION; EFFLUENT; OXIDATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; WASTE WATER MANAGEMENT; WATER CONTAMINATION;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS);

EID: 0345189472     PISSN: 10614303     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2175/106143098X121905     Document Type: Article

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