Investigation of quaternary ammonium silane-coated sand filter for the removal of bacteria and viruses from drinking water

Journal of Applied Microbiology

Volumn 113, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 1196-1207

  Torkelson, A A ^a   da Silva, A K ^a   Love, D C ^a   Kim, J Y ^a   Alper, J P ^b   Coox, B ^a   Dahm, J ^a   Kozodoy, P ^a,c   Maboudian, R ^b   Nelson, K L ^a  

^a 109 McLaughlin Hall   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c Aquaya Institute   (United States)

Author keywords

Drinking water; Escherichia coli; Filtration; Household water treatment and safe storage; MS2 coliphage; Quaternary ammonium silane

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL MATERIALS; CHLORINE COMPOUNDS; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FLOW VELOCITY; IONIC STRENGTH; ORGANIC CARBON; SILICA; SILICA SAND; VIRUSES; WATER QUALITY;

COATED SAND; CONDITION; HOUSEHOLD WATER; HOUSEHOLD WATER TREATMENT AND SAFE STORAGE; MICRO-ORGANISMS; MS2 COLIPHAGES; QUATERNARY AMMONIUM COMPOUND; QUATERNARY AMMONIUM SILANES; SAFE STORAGE; SAND FILTER;

POTABLE WATER;

DRINKING WATER; HUMIC ACID; QUATERNARY AMMONIUM DERIVATIVE; QUATERNARY AMMONIUM SILANE; SILICON DIOXIDE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

AMMONIUM; BACTERIUM; COLIFORM BACTERIUM; DEVELOPING WORLD; DRINKING WATER; FILTER; FLUORESCENCE SPECTROSCOPY; POLLUTANT REMOVAL; VIRUS; WATER QUALITY; WATER TREATMENT;

ADENOVIRUS; ANTIBACTERIAL ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL MEMBRANE; BACTERIOPHAGE; COLIPHAGE; COVALENT BOND; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FILTRATION; FLOW RATE; FLUORESCENCE MICROSCOPY; IONIC STRENGTH; MEMBRANE PERMEABILITY; NONHUMAN; POLIOMYELITIS VIRUS; SAND; SANITATION; WATER QUALITY;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ESCHERICHIA COLI; HUMAN ADENOVIRUS TYPE 2; HUMAN POLIOVIRUS 3;

EID: 84867692967     PISSN: 13645072     EISSN: 13652672     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2672.2012.05411.x     Document Type: Article

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