Bacteria and virus removal effectiveness of ceramic pot filters with different silver applications in a long term experiment

Water Research

Volumn 51, Issue , 2014, Pages 47-54

  Van der Laan, H ^a,b   van Halem, D ^a   Smeets, P W M H ^c   Soppe, A I A ^d   Kroesbergen, J ^e   Wubbels, G ^f   Nederstigt, J ^g   Gensburger, I ^h,i   Heijman, S G J ^a  

^a DELFT UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Netherlands)

^b Oasen Drinking Water Company   (Netherlands)

^c KWR WATERCYCLE RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Netherlands)

^d Aqua for All Foundation   (Netherlands)

^e Het Waterlaboratorium   (Netherlands)

^f Waterlaboratorium Noord   (Netherlands)

^g Practica Foundation   (Netherlands)

^h Engineers Without Borders Australia   (Australia)

ⁱ Downer EDI Works Ltd   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Bacteria; Ceramic pot water filter; Point of use water treatment; Silver; Virus

Indexed keywords

BACTERIOPHAGES; BANDPASS FILTERS; CERAMIC MATERIALS; ESCHERICHIA COLI; POTABLE WATER; STORAGE (MATERIALS); WATER FILTRATION; WATER POLLUTION; WATER TREATMENT;

BACTERIA REMOVAL; CERAMIC POT FILTERS; CERAMIC POT WATER FILTER; CONTACT TIME; E.COLI INACTIVATION; LONG-TERM EXPERIMENTS; POINT-OF-USE; POINT-OF-USE WATER TREATMENT; VIRUS REMOVAL; WATER FILTERS;

SILVER;

SILVER; WATER;

BACTERIUM; COLIFORM BACTERIUM; COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; FILTRATION; LONG-TERM CHANGE; POLLUTANT REMOVAL; SILVER; VIRUS; WATER TREATMENT;

ARTICLE; BIOFILM; CERAMIC POT FILTER; CERAMICS; CONTROLLED STUDY; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FILTER; FILTRATION; LEACHING; MS2 VIRUS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SILVER IMPREGNATION; STORAGE; WATER QUALITY;

BACTERIA; CERAMIC POT WATER FILTER; POINT-OF-USE WATER TREATMENT; SILVER; VIRUS;

CERAMICS; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FILTRATION; LEVIVIRUS; MICROPORE FILTERS; SILVER; TIME FACTORS; WATER PURIFICATION;

EID: 84891611999     PISSN: 00431354     EISSN: 18792448     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.watres.2013.11.010     Document Type: Article

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