Disinfection efficiency of peracetic acid (PAA): Inactivation of coliphages and bacterial indicators in a municipal wastewater plant

Environmental Technology

Volumn 28, Issue 11, 2007, Pages 1265-1271

  Zanetti, F ^a   De Luca, G ^a   Sacchetti, R ^a   Stampi, S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BOLOGNA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Bacterial indicators; Bacteriophages; Disinfection; Peracetic acid; Wastewater

Indexed keywords

BACTERIOPHAGES; DISINFECTION; EFFICIENCY; EFFLUENTS; ESCHERICHIA COLI; WASTEWATER;

BACTERIAL INDICATORS; DISINFECTION EFFICIENCY; DISINFECTION TREATMENTS; F-SPECIFIC RNA BACTERIOPHAGES; MICROBIAL RESISTANCE; MUNICIPAL WASTEWATERS; PERACETIC ACIDS; REGULATORY REQUIREMENTS;

WASTEWATER TREATMENT;

PERACETIC ACID;

ACETIC ACID; DISINFECTION; EFFLUENT TREATMENT; MICROORGANISMS; WASTEWATER TREATMENT;

CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); DISINFECTION; EFFICIENCY MEASUREMENT; EFFLUENT; FECAL COLIFORM; MICROBIAL ACTIVITY; WASTEWATER; WATER TREATMENT;

ARTICLE; BACTERIOPHAGE; COLIPHAGE; COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; DISINFECTION; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FECAL COLIFORM; GENOTOXICITY; INDICATOR ORGANISM; MICROORGANISM DETECTION; RISK REDUCTION; SAMPLING; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; URBAN AREA; WASTE WATER TREATMENT PLANT;

EURASIA; EUROPE; ITALY; SOUTHERN EUROPE;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS);

EID: 36949024719     PISSN: 09593330     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09593332808618886     Document Type: Article

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