Drinking water utilities and researchers continue to rely on the century-old heterotrophic
plate counts (HPC) method for routine assessment of general microbiological water quality …

Biodegradable organic matter (BOM), found in all surface waters, is a challenge for drinking
water utilities because it can lead to distribution system bio-regrowth, react to form …

The bacterial community structure of a drinking water microbiome was characterized over
three seasons using 16S rRNA gene based pyrosequencing of samples obtained from …

Conventional wastewater treatment plants are ineffective in removing a broad range of
micropollutants, resulting in the release of these compounds into the aquatic environment …

The current understanding of drinking water distribution system (DWDS) microbiology is
limited to pipe wall biofilm and bulk water; the contributions of particle-associated bacteria …

Through their release of effluents, conventional wastewater treatment plants (WWTPs)
represent a major pollution point sources for pharmaceutically active compounds (PhACs) in …

Proper granular activated carbon (GAC) selection could improve the performance of
biological activated carbon (BAC) filters through a combination of adsorption and …

Biological stability of drinking water implies that the concentration of bacterial cells and
composition of the microbial community should not change during distribution. In this study …

Current knowledge on the physical, chemical and biological mechanisms involved in the
removal of biogenic taste and odour (T&O) compounds by granular and biological activated …

Under normal operation conditions, granular activated carbon (GAC) employed in drinking
water treatment plants (DWTPs) for natural organic matter (NOM) removal can be colonised …