Bacteriophage removal in a full-scale membrane bioreactor (MBR) - Implications for wastewater reuse

Water Research

Volumn 73, Issue , 2015, Pages 109-117

  Purnell, Sarah ^a   Ebdon, James ^a   Buck, Austen ^a   Tupper, Martyn ^b   Taylor, Huw ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRIGHTON   (United Kingdom)

^b THAMES WATER UTILITIES LTD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Bacteriophages; Full scale membrane bioreactor; Phage morphology; Spiking experiments; Virus removal efficacy; Wastewater reuse

Indexed keywords

BACTERIOPHAGES; BIOCONVERSION; BIOLOGICAL WATER TREATMENT; MEMBRANES; MORPHOLOGY; PORE SIZE; WASTEWATER RECLAMATION; WATER RECYCLING;

FULL-SCALE MEMBRANE BIOREACTOR; LOG REDUCTIONS; MEMBRANE BIOREACTOR SYSTEM; PHAGE MORPHOLOGY; RECYCLING PLANT; SPIKING EXPERIMENT; VIRUS REMOVAL; VIRUS REMOVAL EFFICACY; WASTEWATER REUSE; WASTEWATER REUSE SYSTEM;

BIOREACTORS;

BACTERIOPHAGE; BIOFILM; BIOREACTOR; CHLORINATION; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; MEMBRANE; MORPHOLOGY; POLLUTANT REMOVAL; RECYCLING; VIRUS; WASTEWATER;

ARTICLE; BACTERIOPHAGE; CATCHMENT; CHLORINATION; COLIPHAGE; COLONY FORMING UNIT; ENTERIC VIRUS; FECAL COLIFORM; HUMAN; INDICATOR ORGANISM; MEMBRANE REACTOR; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; VIRUS TRANSMISSION; WASTE WATER RECYCLING; ANALYSIS; BIOREACTOR; DEVICES; PROCEDURES; RECYCLING; SEWAGE; UNITED KINGDOM; VIROLOGY; WASTE WATER;

SEWAGE; WASTE WATER;

BACTERIOPHAGES; BIOREACTORS; LONDON; RECYCLING; SEWAGE; WASTE DISPOSAL, FLUID; WASTE WATER;

EID: 84921975466     PISSN: 00431354     EISSN: 18792448     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.watres.2015.01.019     Document Type: Article

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