Assessment of the extent of bacterial growth in reverse osmosis system for improving drinking water quality

Journal of Environmental Science and Health - Part A Toxic/Hazardous Substances and Environmental Engineering

Volumn 45, Issue 8, 2010, Pages 968-977

  Park, Se Keun ^a   Hu, Jiang Yong ^a  

^a NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

Author keywords

Biofilm; Biostability; Drinking water; Growth potentia; Membrane; Reverse osmosis (RO); Specific growth rate

Indexed keywords

ASSIMILABLE ORGANIC CARBON; BACTERIAL CELLS; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BIOFILM ACCUMULATION; BIOLOGICAL STABILITY; BIOSTABILITY; BULK PHASE; BULK WATER; CELL NUMBER; CONTROLLED CONDITIONS; CONVENTIONAL WATER TREATMENT; CULTURABLE HETEROTROPHIC BACTERIA; DISTRIBUTION SYSTEMS; GROWTH POTENTIAL; MAXIMUM DENSITY; MODEL DISTRIBUTION SYSTEMS; NUTRIENT CONTENTS; ORDERS OF MAGNITUDE; PRODUCTION RATES; QUASI-STEADY STATE; REVERSE OSMOSIS SYSTEMS; REVERSE OSMOSIS TREATMENTS; RO MEMBRANE; SPECIFIC GROWTH RATE; TAP WATER;

BACTERIA; BIOFILMS; CELL GROWTH; CELLS; CYTOLOGY; GROWTH KINETICS; GROWTH RATE; MEMBRANES; POTABLE WATER; REVERSE OSMOSIS; WATER QUALITY; WATER TREATMENT;

WATER DISTRIBUTION SYSTEMS;

DRINKING WATER; INORGANIC COMPOUND; ORGANIC COMPOUND;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL CELL; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BIOFILM; CELL GROWTH; HETEROTROPH; MEASUREMENT; MICROORGANISM; NONHUMAN; NUTRIENT CONTENT; REVERSE OSMOSIS; WATER FLOW; WATER QUALITY; WATER TREATMENT; ARTIFICIAL MEMBRANE; BACTERIUM; BIOREACTOR; FILTRATION; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; METHODOLOGY; MICROBIOLOGY; OSMOSIS; PH; STANDARD; WATER MANAGEMENT; WATER SUPPLY;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS);

BACTERIA; BIOFILMS; BIOREACTORS; FILTRATION; HYDROGEN-ION CONCENTRATION; MEMBRANES, ARTIFICIAL; OSMOSIS; WATER MICROBIOLOGY; WATER PURIFICATION; WATER SUPPLY;

EID: 79958136908     PISSN: 10934529     EISSN: 15324117     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10934521003772386     Document Type: Article

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