Speeding up solar disinfection (SODIS): Effects of hydrogen peroxide, temperature, pH, and copper plus ascorbate on the photoinactivation of E. coli

Journal of Water and Health

Volumn 6, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 35-51

  Fisher, Michael B ^a   Keenan, Christina R ^a   Nelson, Kara L ^a   Voelker, Bettina M ^b  

^a Berkeley   (United States)

^b Department of Geology and Geological Engineering   (United States)

Author keywords

Drinking water; E. coli; Fenton; Oxidative stress; Point of use; Solar disinfection

Indexed keywords

ASCORBIC ACID; COPPER SULFATE; DRINKING WATER; HYDROGEN PEROXIDE;

COPPER; DEVELOPING WORLD; DISINFECTION; DRINKING WATER; HYDROGEN PEROXIDE; OXIDATION; PH; TEMPERATURE; WATER TECHNOLOGY;

ARTICLE; BACTERIUM CONTAMINATION; BIOMEDICAL TECHNOLOGY ASSESSMENT; CLIMATE CHANGE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISINFECTION; ESCHERICHIA COLI; HEAT SENSITIVITY; LEMON; LIME (FRUIT); NONHUMAN; PH; ROOM TEMPERATURE; SOLAR DISINFECTION; WASTE COMPONENT REMOVAL; WATER CONTAMINATION;

ASCORBIC ACID; COPPER; DISINFECTION; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; ESCHERICHIA COLI; HEAT; HYDROGEN PEROXIDE; HYDROGEN-ION CONCENTRATION; SUNLIGHT; WATER MICROBIOLOGY; WATER PURIFICATION;

CITRUS LIMON;

EID: 40049097689     PISSN: 14778920     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2166/wh.2007.005     Document Type: Article

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