Portable LED fluorescence instrumentation for the rapid assessment of potable water quality

Science of the Total Environment

Volumn 524-525, Issue , 2015, Pages 338-346

  Bridgeman, J ^a   Baker, A ^b   Brown, D ^a,c   Boxall, J B ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

^c Department of Civil and Structural Engineering ^*  (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Fluorescence; LEDs; Microbial matter; Organic matter; Potable water quality

Indexed keywords

BACTERIA; BIOLOGICAL MATERIALS; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FLUORESCENCE; QUALITY CONTROL; WATER; WATER MANAGEMENT; WATER QUALITY; WATER SUPPLY;

HETEROTROPHIC PLATE COUNTS; LABORATORY ANALYSIS; LEDS; METHYLOBACTERIUM SP; MICROBIAL MATTER; PROACTIVE MANAGEMENT; REAL-TIME ASSESSMENT; WATER QUALITY ASSESSMENTS;

POTABLE WATER;

DRINKING WATER; WATER POLLUTANT;

DRINKING WATER; FLUORESCENCE; INSTRUMENTATION; ORGANIC MATTER; WATER QUALITY; WATER SUPPLY;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIUM CONTAMINATION; BACTERIUM DETECTION; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; FLOW CYTOMETRY; FLUORESCENCE ANALYSIS; FLUOROMETER; LIGHT EMITTING DIODE; METHYLOBACTERIUM; PORTABLE EQUIPMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAPID TEST; RHODOCOCCUS; SPECTROPHOTOMETER; SPHINGOBACTERIA; TOTAL ORGANIC CARBON; WATER ANALYSIS; WATER CONTAMINATION; WATER QUALITY; WATER STANDARD; XENOPUS; ANALYSIS; CHEMISTRY; DEVICES; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; ILLUMINATION; WATER POLLUTANT;

UNITED KINGDOM;

METHYLOBACTERIUM SP.; RHODOCOCCUS SP.; SPHINGOBIUM; XENOPHILUS;

DRINKING WATER; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; LIGHTING; WATER POLLUTANTS;

EID: 84928154838     PISSN: 00489697     EISSN: 18791026     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2015.04.050     Document Type: Article

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