Assessing biological stability of drinking water without disinfectant residuals in a full-scale water supply system

Journal of Water Supply: Research and Technology - AQUA

Volumn 59, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 31-40

  Hammes, Frederik ^a   Berger, Cordula ^a,b   Köster, Oliver ^b   Egli, Thomas ^a,c  

^a SWISS FEDERAL INSTITUTE OF AQUATIC SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Switzerland)

^b Hardhof 9 ^*  (Switzerland)

^c ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Assimilable organic carbon (AOC); Biological stability; Drinking water; Flow cytometry; Total cell concentration (TCC)

Indexed keywords

ASSIMILABLE ORGANIC CARBON; BIOLOGICAL STABILITY; CELL CONCENTRATIONS; CYTOMETRY; DRINKING WATER;

BIOFILTRATION; CONCENTRATION (PROCESS); DISINFECTANTS; DISSOLUTION; DISTRIBUTED PARAMETER NETWORKS; FLOW CYTOMETRY; ORGANIC CARBON; OZONE; OZONE WATER TREATMENT; OZONIZATION; SYSTEM STABILITY; WATER ANALYSIS; WATER FILTRATION; WATER RECYCLING; WATER SUPPLY; WATER SUPPLY SYSTEMS;

POTABLE WATER;

BIOACTIVITY; DISINFECTION; DISTRIBUTION SYSTEM; DRINKING WATER; FLOW CYTOMETRY; ORGANIC CARBON; OZONE; RESIDUAL FLOW; STABILITY ANALYSIS; WATER SUPPLY;

SWITZERLAND; ZURICH [SWITZERLAND];

EID: 77749340332     PISSN: 00037214     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2166/aqua.2010.052     Document Type: Article

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