Decontamination of Bacillus spores adhered to iron and cement-mortar drinking water infrastructure in a model system using disinfectants

Journal of Environmental Management

Volumn 187, Issue , 2017, Pages 1-7

  Szabo, Jeffrey G ^a   Meiners, Greg ^b   Heckman, Lee ^b   Rice, Eugene W ^a   Hall, John ^a  

^a U S ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY   (United States)

^b Bernstein Clinical Research Center   (United States)

Author keywords

Bacillus; Decontamination; Disinfection; Drinking water; Spores

Indexed keywords

BACTERIOLOGY; CEMENTS; DECONTAMINATION; DISINFECTANTS; DISINFECTION; IRON; MORTAR; OZONE; WATER DISTRIBUTION SYSTEMS;

BACILLUS SPORE; CEMENT MORTARS; DRINKING WATER DISTRIBUTION; DRINKING-WATER INFRASTRUCTURE; FREE CHLORINE; IRON SURFACE; MODELLING SYSTEMS; MONOCHLORAMINE; PILOT SCALE; SPORE;

POTABLE WATER;

CEMENT; CHLORINE; CHLORINE DIOXIDE; DRINKING WATER; IRON; MONOCHLORAMINE; NITRITE; OZONE; PERACETIC ACID; CHLORAMINE DERIVATIVE; CHLORINE DERIVATIVE; DISINFECTANT AGENT; OXIDE; TOSYLCHLORAMIDE SODIUM;

BACTERIUM; CHLORINE; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); DISINFECTION; DRINKING WATER; FLUSHING; IRON; NUMERICAL MODEL; ORGANIC COMPOUND; OZONE; POLLUTANT REMOVAL; SPORE;

ARTICLE; BACILLUS GLOBIGII; BACTERIAL SPORE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIUM ADHERENCE; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); DISINFECTION; NONHUMAN; PH; REDUCTION; SURFACE PROPERTY; WASTE COMPONENT REMOVAL; WASTE MANAGEMENT; BACILLUS; BACTERIAL COUNT; BIOFILM; DRUG EFFECTS; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; MICROBIOLOGY; PROCEDURES;

BACILLUS; BIOFILMS; CHLORAMINES; CHLORINE COMPOUNDS; COLONY COUNT, MICROBIAL; DECONTAMINATION; DISINFECTANTS; DISINFECTION; DRINKING WATER; IRON; OXIDES; OZONE; PERACETIC ACID; SPORES, BACTERIAL;

EID: 84995953546     PISSN: 03014797     EISSN: 10958630     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jenvman.2016.11.024     Document Type: Article

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