Microbiological effectiveness of mineral pot filters in Cambodia

Environmental Science and Technology

Volumn 46, Issue 21, 2012, Pages 12055-12061

  Brown, Joe ^a   Chai, Ratana ^b   Wang, Alice ^c   Sobsey, Mark D ^c  

^a LONDON SCHOOL OF HYGIENE AND TROPICAL MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

^b WaterSHED Cambodia   (Cambodia)

^c University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACILLUS ATROPHAEUS; BACTERIOPHAGE MS2; CAMBODIA; HOUSEHOLD WATER; MICROBIAL REDUCTION; PERFORMANCE TESTING; POROUS CERAMICS; PRIVATE SECTORS; SOUTHEAST ASIA; SPORE-FORMING BACTERIA; SYSTEMATIC EVALUATION; WATER-BORNE PATHOGENS;

ACTIVATED CARBON; AUTOMOBILE MANUFACTURE; BACTERIOLOGY; PROTOZOA; VIRUSES;

BACTERIA;

ACTIVATED CARBON; DRINKING WATER; MINERAL WATER; TAP WATER;

ACTIVATED CARBON; CERAMICS; COLIFORM BACTERIUM; FILTRATION; LABORATORY METHOD; MICROBIAL ACTIVITY; PROTOZOAN; WASTEWATER; WATER TREATMENT; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

ARTICLE; BACILLUS ATROPHAEUS; CAMBODIA; CERAMICS; DECHLORINATION; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FILTER; FILTRATION; MINERAL POT FILTER; MS2 VIRUS; PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY; REDUCTION; TURBIDITY;

BACILLUS; CAMBODIA; CARBON; CERAMICS; COLONY COUNT, MICROBIAL; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FILTRATION; LEVIVIRUS; SPORES, BACTERIAL; WATER MICROBIOLOGY; WATER POLLUTANTS; WATER PURIFICATION;

CAMBODIA;

BACILLUS ATROPHAEUS; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); PROTOZOA;

EID: 84868569947     PISSN: 0013936X     EISSN: 15205851     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/es3027852     Document Type: Article

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