Handbook of Water and Wastewater MicrobiologyDuncan Mara, Nigel J. Horan "Access to safe water is a fundamental human need and therefore a basic human right" --Kofi Annan, United Nations Secretary General Edited by two world-renowned scientists in the field, The Handbook of Water and Wastewater Microbiology provides a definitive and comprehensive coverage of water and wastewater microbiology. With contributions from experts from around the world, this book gives a global perspective on the important issues faced in the provision of safe drinking water, the problems of dealing with aquatic pollution and the processes involved in wastewater management. Starting with an introductory chapter of basic microbiological principles, The Handbook of Water and Wastewater Microbiology develops these principles further, ensuring that this is the essential text for process engineers with little microbiological experience and specialist microbiologists alike.
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... coliforms, and zero faecal coliforms, quickly became the microbiological goal of drinking water quality. No-one would really question the general sense of this goal – chlorinate your water and you get zero coliforms per 100 ml, so ...
Duncan Mara, Nigel J. Horan. 3 COLIFORM BACTERIA Early water microbiologists defined coliform bacteria as those ... Faecal coliforms were considered to be those coliforms which were of exclusively faecal origin and consequently able ...
... faecal origin Species Intestinal origin Enterococcus faecium Man, cattle, pigs, birds faecalis Man, cattle, pigs ... coliforms (Godfree et al., 1997). While the taxonomy of the faecal enterococci has improved recently, as shown in Table ...
... faecal pollution have several disadvantages: 1. sorbitol-fermenting bifidobacteria are extremely sensitive in the extra-intestinal environment, disappearing much more rapidly than faecal coliforms (Oragui et al., 1987; Pourcher, 1991) ...
... coliforms 2 £ 107 4 £ 106 8 £ 105 2 £ 105 3 £ 104 7 £ 103 99.97 Faecal streptococci 3 £ 106 9 £ 105 1 £ 105 1 £ 104 ... faecal indicator bacteria in wastewaters, the faecal origin of which is not generally in doubt. Faecal coliform ...
Contents
Part 2 Water and Excreta Related Diseases | 175 |
Part 3 Microbiology of Wastewater Treatment | 315 |
Part 4 Drinking Water Microbiology | 611 |
Useful Websites | 794 |
Index | 797 |