Biological stability of drinking water: controlling factors, methods, and challenges

EI Prest, F Hammes, MCM Van Loosdrecht… - Frontiers in …, 2016 - frontiersin.org
Biological stability of drinking water refers to the concept of providing consumers with
drinking water of same microbial quality at the tap as produced at the water treatment facility …

Microbiological safety of drinking water

U Szewzyk, R Szewzyk, W Manz… - Annual Reviews in …, 2000 - annualreviews.org
▪ Abstract Emerging pathogens in drinking water have become increasingly important during
the decade. These include newly-recognized pathogens from fecal sources such as …

Drinking water microbiome assembly induced by water stagnation

F Ling, R Whitaker, MW LeChevallier… - The ISME journal, 2018 - academic.oup.com
What happens to tap water when you are away from home? Day-to-day water stagnation in
building plumbing can potentially result in water quality deterioration (eg, lead release or …

Microbial indicators of faecal contamination in water: a current perspective

P Tallon, B Magajna, C Lofranco, KT Leung - Water, air, and soil pollution, 2005 - Springer
It is well documented that faecal contamination of drinking water has caused numerous
disease outbreaks. Because the risks of disease outbreaks correlate with the incidence of …

Heterotrophic bacteria in drinking water distribution system: a review

S Chowdhury - Environmental monitoring and assessment, 2012 - Springer
The microbiological quality of drinking water in municipal water distribution systems (WDS)
depends on several factors. Free residual chlorine and/or chloramines are typically used to …

Investigating the role of biofilms in trihalomethane formation in water distribution systems with a multicomponent model

AA Abokifa, YJ Yang, CS Lo, P Biswas - Water research, 2016 - Elsevier
Biofilms are ubiquitous in the pipes of drinking water distribution systems (DWDSs), and
recent experimental studies revealed that the chlorination of the microbial carbon associated …

A novel hollow-fibre membrane biofilm reactor for autohydrogenotrophic denitrification of drinking water

KC Lee, BE Rittmann - Water science and technology, 2000 - iwaponline.com
A novel hollow-fiber membrane biofilm reactor (HFMBR) was developed to remove nitrate
from contaminated drinking water using molecular hydrogen as a clean electron-donor …

Modeling reaction and transport of multiple species in water distribution systems

F Shang, JG Uber, LA Rossman - Environmental science & …, 2008 - ACS Publications
A general framework for modeling the reaction and transport of multiple, interacting chemical
species in drinking water distribution systems is developed. It accommodates reactions …

A generic, process‐based model of microbial pollution in aquatic systems

MR Hipsey, JP Antenucci… - Water Resources …, 2008 - Wiley Online Library
Based on a comprehensive synthesis of data available within the literature, a new process‐
based model of microbial pollution is presented, which is applicable for surface and coastal …

Modeling bacterial regrowth and trihalomethane formation in water distribution systems

GR Abhijith, L Kadinski, A Ostfeld - Water, 2021 - mdpi.com
The formation of bacterial regrowth and disinfection by-products is ubiquitous in chlorinated
water distribution systems (WDSs) operated with organic loads. A generic, easy-to-use …