Surrogate parameters for the rapid microbial monitoring in a civil protection module used for drinking water production

Chemical Engineering Journal

Volumn 265, Issue , 2015, Pages 67-74

  Foladori, P ^a   Bruni, L ^b   Tamburini, S ^a   Menapace, V ^c   Ziglio, G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TRENTO   (Italy)

^b Agenzia per la Depurazione   (Italy)

^c Centre for Integrative Biology ^*  (Italy)

Author keywords

Drinking water treatment; Filtration; Flow cytometry; Granular activated carbon; Ozonation; Surrogate microbial parameters

Indexed keywords

EID: 84920080896     PISSN: 13858947     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cej.2014.12.010     Document Type: Article

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