Field efficacy evaluation and post-treatment contamination risk assessment of an ultraviolet disinfection and safe storage system

Water Research

Volumn 85, Issue , 2015, Pages 74-84

  Reygadas, Fermin ^a,b   Gruber, Joshua S ^c   Ray, Isha ^a   Nelson, Kara L ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b Barrio de Cuxtitali   (Mexico)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^d 109 McLaughlin Hall   (United States)

Author keywords

Developing country; Drinking water; Household water treatment; Point of use; Reliability; Water quality

Indexed keywords

CONTAMINATION; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; DISINFECTION; EFFLUENTS; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GLASS; POTABLE WATER; QUALITY CONTROL; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK PERCEPTION; WATER POLLUTION; WATER TREATMENT;

CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; HOUSEHOLD WATER; HOUSEHOLD WATER TREATMENT; POINT-OF-USE; POST TREATMENT; RECONTAMINATION; SAFE STORAGE; STORAGE CONTAINER; STORAGE SYSTEMS; ULTRAVIOLET DISINFECTIONS;

WATER QUALITY;

DRINKING WATER;

DEVELOPING WORLD; DISINFECTION; DRINKING WATER; EFFLUENT; FIELD METHOD; POLLUTION EFFECT; RISK ASSESSMENT; ULTRAVIOLET RADIATION; WATER QUALITY;

ARTICLE; ATTRIBUTABLE RISK; BACTERIUM CONTAMINATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIARRHEA; DISINFECTION; ESCHERICHIA COLI; HOUSEHOLD; HUMAN; MEXICO; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGRAM EFFICACY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; STORAGE; ULTRAVIOLET RADIATION; WATER CONTAMINATION; WATER MANAGEMENT; WATER QUALITY; DEVICES; EVALUATION STUDY; FAMILY SIZE; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MICROBIOLOGY; PROCEDURES; RURAL POPULATION;

MEXICO [NORTH AMERICA];

ESCHERICHIA COLI;

DISINFECTION; DRINKING WATER; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FAMILY CHARACTERISTICS; HUMANS; MEXICO; RISK ASSESSMENT; RURAL POPULATION; ULTRAVIOLET RAYS; WATER MICROBIOLOGY; WATER PURIFICATION;

EID: 84939643745     PISSN: 00431354     EISSN: 18792448     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.watres.2015.08.013     Document Type: Article

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