Biofilms and bacteriological water quality in a domestic installation model simulating daily drinking water consumption

Water Science and Technology: Water Supply

Volumn 12, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 720-726

  Tsvetanova, Z G ^a   Dimitrov, D N ^a  

^a BULGARIAN ACADEMY OF SCIENCES   (Bulgaria)

Author keywords

Biofilm; Daily drinking water consumption; Domestic water installation; Drinking water; Pipe material; Water quality

Indexed keywords

BIOFILMS; FLOW OF WATER; POLYPROPYLENES; TEMPERATURE; WATER; WATER QUALITY; WATER SUPPLY; WATER SUPPLY SYSTEMS;

DOMESTIC INSTALLATIONS; DOMESTIC WATER; HETEROTROPHIC PLATE COUNTS; HYDRODYNAMIC CHARACTERISTICS; PIPE MATERIAL; POLYMER PIPE MATERIALS; SEASONAL VARIATION; WATER CONSUMPTION;

POTABLE WATER;

DRINKING WATER; POLYPROPYLENE;

BIOFILM; DRINKING WATER; PIPE; SEASONAL VARIATION; WATER FLOW; WATER QUALITY; WATER TEMPERATURE; WATER USE;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL COLONIZATION; BACTERIOLOGY; BIOFILM; FLUID INTAKE; HOUSEHOLD; HYDRODYNAMICS; PLATE COUNT; ROOM TEMPERATURE; SUMMER; SURFACE PROPERTY; WATER FLOW; WATER QUALITY; WATER SUPPLY; WATER TEMPERATURE; WINTER;

EID: 84873885595     PISSN: 16069749     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2166/ws.2012.048     Document Type: Article

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