Comparison of drinking water treatment process streams for optimal bacteriological water quality

Water Research

Volumn 46, Issue 12, 2012, Pages 3934-3942

  Ho, Lionel ^a   Braun, Kalan ^a   Fabris, Rolando ^a   Hoefel, Daniel ^a   Morran, Jim ^a   Monis, Paul ^a   Drikas, Mary ^a  

^a AUSTRALIAN WATER QUALITY CENTRE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Denaturing gradient gel electrophoresis (DGGE); Flow cytometry; Heterotrophic plate count (HPC); Magnetic ion exchange (MIEX); Photometric dispersion analyser (PDA); Water treatment

Indexed keywords

ACTIVATED CARBON; ACTIVATED CARBON TREATMENT; BACTERIA; CHEMICAL WATER TREATMENT; COAGULATION; DISPERSIONS; ELECTROPHORESIS; FLOW CYTOMETRY; IONS; POTABLE WATER; QUALITY CONTROL; WATER FILTRATION; WATER QUALITY;

CONVENTIONAL TREATMENTS; DENATURING GRADIENT GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; HETEROTROPHIC PLATE COUNT; HETEROTROPHIC PLATE COUNTS; MAGNETIC ION EXCHANGE; MAGNETIC IONS; PHOTOMETRIC DISPERSION ANALYSER; PROCESS STREAMS;

ION EXCHANGE;

ACTIVATED CARBON; DRINKING WATER;

ACTIVATED CARBON; BACTERIOLOGY; COAGULATION; COLOR; DISPERSION; DRINKING WATER; ELECTROKINESIS; FLOCCULATION; FLOW CYTOMETRY; GUIDELINE; ION EXCHANGE; MICROBIAL COMMUNITY; MODEL VALIDATION; OPTIMIZATION; POLLUTANT REMOVAL; TURBIDITY; ULTRAFILTRATION; WATER QUALITY; WATER TREATMENT;

ANALYZER; ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DISINFECTION; FLOCCULATION; FLOW CYTOMETRY; GRANULAR ACTIVATED CARBON FILTRATION; ION EXCHANGE; MICROFILTRATION; NANOFILTRATION; PHOTOMETER; PLATE COUNT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TURBIDITY; VALIDATION STUDY; WATER QUALITY; WATER TREATMENT;

AUSTRALIA;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS);

EID: 84861723596     PISSN: 00431354     EISSN: 18792448     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.watres.2012.04.041     Document Type: Article

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