Abundance of pathogenic bacteria and viral indicators in chlorinated effluents produced by four wastewater treatment plants in the Gauteng Province, South Africa

Water SA

Volumn 36, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 607-614

  Dungeni, M ^a   van Der Merwe, R R ^a   Momba, M N B ^a  

^a TSHWANE UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Chlorination; Effluent; Pathogenic bacteria; Wastewater

Indexed keywords

BACTERIA; CHLORINATION; CHLORINE; ESCHERICHIA COLI; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RECLAMATION; SALMONELLA; SEWAGE PUMPING PLANTS; TURBIDITY; VIRUSES; WASTEWATER; WASTEWATER TREATMENT; WATER POLLUTION; WATER RESOURCES; WATER TREATMENT PLANTS;

CHLORINATION PROCESS; CONVENTIONAL METHODS; MICROBIOLOGICAL QUALITY; PATHOGENIC BACTERIUM; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION TECHNIQUES; RAPID SAND FILTRATION; SALMONELLA TYPHIMURIUM; WASTEWATER TREATMENT PLANTS;

EFFLUENTS;

ABUNDANCE; BACTERIUM; BIOINDICATOR; CHLORINATION; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); EFFLUENT; FILTRATION; PATHOGEN; POLLUTANT REMOVAL; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SURVIVAL; TURBIDITY; VIRUS; WASTE TREATMENT; WASTEWATER; WATER RESOURCE;

GAUTENG; SOUTH AFRICA;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ESCHERICHIA COLI; SALMONELLA TYPHIMURIUM; VIBRIO CHOLERAE;

EID: 78349289569     PISSN: 03784738     EISSN: 18167950     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4314/wsa.v36i5.61994     Document Type: Article

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