Flow cytometry applications in water treatment, distribution, and reuse: A review

HR Safford, HN Bischel - Water research, 2019 - Elsevier
Ensuring safe and effective water treatment, distribution, and reuse requires robust methods
for characterizing and monitoring waterborne microbes. Methods widely used today can be …

Microplastic biofilms in water treatment systems: Fate and risks of pathogenic bacteria, antibiotic-resistant bacteria, and antibiotic resistance genes

HT Nguyen, YK Lee, JH Kwon, J Hur - Science of The Total Environment, 2023 - Elsevier
Microplastics (MPs) biofilms in drinking water and wastewater treatment plants (DWTPs and
WWTPs) have gained increasing attention due to their potential to come into close contact …

[HTML][HTML] Nanoplastics removal during drinking water treatment: Laboratory-and pilot-scale experiments and modeling

G Pulido-Reyes, L Magherini, C Bianco, R Sethi… - Journal of hazardous …, 2022 - Elsevier
Microplastics detected in potable water sources and tap water have led to concerns about
the efficacy of current drinking water treatment processes to remove these contaminants. It is …

Effect of granular activated carbon pore-size distribution on biological activated carbon filter performance

Z Lu, W Sun, C Li, W Cao, Z **g, S Li, X Ao, C Chen… - Water Research, 2020 - Elsevier
Proper granular activated carbon (GAC) selection could improve the performance of
biological activated carbon (BAC) filters through a combination of adsorption and …

Metagenomic characterization of biofilter microbial communities in a full-scale drinking water treatment plant

S Oh, F Hammes, WT Liu - Water research, 2018 - Elsevier
Microorganisms inhabiting filtration media of a drinking water treatment plant can be
beneficial, because they metabolize biodegradable organic matter from source waters and …

[HTML][HTML] Microbiomes in drinking water treatment and distribution: A meta-analysis from source to tap

C Thom, CJ Smith, G Moore, P Weir, UZ Ijaz - Water Research, 2022 - Elsevier
A meta-analysis of existing and available Illumina 16S rRNA datasets from drinking water
source, treatment and drinking water distribution systems (DWDS) were collated to compare …

Can we shape microbial communities to enhance biological activated carbon filter performance?

Z Lu, Z **g, J Huang, Y Ke, C Li, Z Zhao, X Ao, W Sun - Water Research, 2022 - Elsevier
A new focus on biofiltration has emerged that aims to shape microbial communities to
improve treatment efficacy. It is therefore necessary to understand the linkages between …

Assessing the potential of a membrane bioreactor and granular activated carbon process for wastewater reuse–A full-scale WWTP operated over one year in Scania …

M Takman, O Svahn, C Paul, M Cimbritz… - Science of the Total …, 2023 - Elsevier
A full-scale membrane bioreactor (MBR) with ultrafiltration, followed by granular activated
carbon (GAC), was examined to determine the potential of reusing treated water as a source …

Microbial ecology of drinking water from source to tap

L Abkar, HS Moghaddam, SJ Fowler - Science of The Total Environment, 2024 - Elsevier
As drinking water travels from its source, through various treatment processes, hundreds to
thousands of kilometres of distribution network pipes, to the taps in private homes and public …

Betaproteobacteria are a key component of surface water biofilters that maintain sustained manganese removal in response to fluctuations in influent water …

NE McCormick, M Earle, A Kent, C Ha, L Hakes… - Water Research, 2023 - Elsevier
The health risks associated with manganese (Mn) in drinking water, and an improved
understanding of Mn accumulation within, and subsequent release from, distribution …