waterborne pathogen risk Articles

5 Ways UV disinfection can benefit your aquatic facility - Case Study

Whilst an established technology in the pool industry for over twenty years, the London 2012 Games were the first to include the use of Ultraviolet disinfection as part of the aquatic events water treatment strategy. Why the London Aquatics Centre has adopted UV disinfection for major sporting events such as the London 2012 Games The London Aquatics centre saw no less than nine ...

May 20, 2014

By atg UV Technology
Detection and characterization of human pathogenic viruses circulating in community wastewater using multi target microarrays and polymerase chain reaction

Sewage pollution remains the most significant source of human waterborne pathogens. This study describes the detection and characterization of human enteric viruses in community wastewaters using cell culture coupled with multiple target microarrays (with a total of 780 unique probes targeting 27 different groups of both DNA and RNA viruses) and polymerase chain reaction (PCR) assays. Over a ...

Dec. 11, 2013

By IWA Publishing
Pseudomonas aeruginosa in bottled drinking water in Sri Lanka: a potential health hazard

Pseudomonas aeruginosa, a food- and water-borne opportunistic pathogen, constitutes a health risk mostly to immunocompromised patients, and also affects the taste, odour and turbidity of potable water. In order to detect P. aeruginosa in bottled water in Sri Lanka, 36 bottled water brands were collected randomly from retail and supermarkets island wide. P. aeruginosa was detected by the ...

Dec. 15, 2014

By IWA Publishing

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5 Ways UV disinfection can benefit your aquatic facility - Case Study

Detection and characterization of human pathogenic viruses circulating in community wastewater using multi target microarrays and polymerase chain reaction

Pseudomonas aeruginosa in bottled drinking water in Sri Lanka: a potential health hazard

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