water sampling Articles
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Quantification of polymer concentration in water using UV-Vis spectroscopy
The goal of this study was to develop a method that uses UV-Vis spectroscopy for the determination of residual polymer concentration water and environmental samples. UV-Vis absorbance measurements are quick and simple and can be usefully applied in research and practice. Five different polymers exhibiting a wide range of polymer characteristics were tested in the UV range of 200–300 nm. ...
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Rapid and specific detection of
Salmonella in water samples using real-time PCR and High Resolution Melt (HRM) curve analysisA real-time PCR assay combined with a pre-enrichment step for the specific and rapid detection of Salmonella in water samples is described. Following amplification of the invA gene target, High Resolution Melt (HRM) curve analysis was used to discriminate between products formed and to positively identify invA amplification. The real-time PCR assay was evaluated for specificity and sensitivity. ...
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An investigation on physical, chemical, and bacteriological quality of municipally supplied and well waters of the towns and city centre in the province of Nigde, Turkey
Physical, chemical, and bacteriological properties of municipally supplied water and well water in selected towns and the city centre (Ni de, population 76,000) of the province of Ni de, located in central Anatolia, in Turkey, were investigated in this study. A composition of 70 samples were collected, 31 from Ni de city centre; 17 from Bor; 8 from Ulukı la; 6 from Altunhisar; 6 from iftlik ...
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Legionella Bacteria Water Sampling Methodology
This blog delves into systematic approaches for Legionella water testing, offering valuable insights into best practices and recommendations to ensure the safety of your ...
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Redi Clean Treatment Case Studies
This well is unique in the fact that it is only 9 years old. From the date of construction this well produced heavy amounts of sand. Therefore the engineer on record redesigned the well and installed an 8” inner casing, see the drawing for reference. This well has lost production steadily for several years. During the first week of May 2012 this well drew down to the point of surging. ...
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Field comparison of solar water disinfection (SODIS) efficacy between glass and polyethylene terephalate (PET) plastic bottles under sub-Saharan weather conditions
Concerns about photodegradation products leaching from plastic bottle material into water during solar water disinfection (SODIS) are a major psychological barrier to increased uptake of SODIS. In this study, a comparison of SODIS efficacy using glass and plastic polyethylene terephalate (PET) bottles was carried out under strong real sunlight and overcast weather conditions at Makerere ...
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HF Pure Water’s Treatability Study (Bench-testing) Service
HF Pure Water, a division of HF Group, Inc., based in California, USA, offers, among its water treatment product-line, various AOP (Advanced Oxidation Process) application processes to treat customer-specific water and wastewater streams. As an integral and critical part of this technology offering, we are pleased to offer our bench-scale Treatability Study service for a small fee. Such a study ...
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Implications of observed and simulated ambient flow in monitoring wells
The authors of this paper present compelling evidence that conventional monitoring wells act as vertical conduits whenever vertical hydraulic gradients are present (i.e., at most sites). Vertical flow within wells due to natural hydraulic gradients not only makes it impossible to accurately define the vertical distribution of dissolved contaminants within the aquifer, but it can transport ...
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eDNA Article Update
In a recent article, we described how environmental DNA (eDNA) has been used to detect the presence of aquatic species in lakes and rivers. eDNA studies have demonstrated great potential for surveillance of rare, endangered, and invasive species by simply collecting and analyzing water samples from target habitats. Dr. Caren Goldberg, of Washington State University, is one researcher using a ...
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Comparison of four β-glucuronidase and β-galactosidase-based commercial culture methods used to detect
Escherichia coli and total coliforms in waterThe MI agar, Colilert®, Chromocult coliform® agar, and DC with BCIG agar chromogenic culture-based methods used to assess microbiological quality of drinking water were compared in terms of their ubiquity, sensitivity, ease of use, growth of atypical colonies and affordability. For ubiquity, 129 total coliform (representing 76 species) and 19 Escherichia coli strains were tested. ...
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Microbial source tracking and spatial analysis of
E. coli contaminated private well waters in southeastern OntarioPrivate water supplies, which are the primary source of drinking water for rural communities in developed countries, are at risk of becoming fecally contaminated. It is important to identify the source of contamination in order to better understand and address this human health risk. Microbial source tracking methods using human, bovine and general Bacteroidales markers were performed on 716 ...
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Low-Flow Purging Reduces Management of Contaminated Groundwater
Purging a monitoring well prior to sampling removes stagnant water in the well casing and ensures collection of groundwater samples representative of formation water. Traditionally, a number of well casing volumes are removed (from three to five) and water stabilization parameters are monitored during removal of the casing volumes. Temperature, pH and specific conductance are routinely monitored ...
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A New Simple Shear Apparatus
A new simple shear device capable of measuring a complete set of stresses during simple shear deformation is described. This simple shear device tests a cuboidal specimen whose lateral sides are surrounded by a rubber membrane reinforced by a stack of Teflon® coated aluminum plates. One of the aluminum plates is used as a transducer to determine the lateral stresses on planes normal and parallel ...
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Multiparametric comparison of chromogenic-based culture methods used to assess the microbiological quality of drinking water and the mFC method combined with a molecular confirmation procedure
MI agar and Colilert®, as well as mFC agar combined with an Escherichia coli-specific molecular assay (mFC + E. coli rtPCR), were compared in terms of their sensitivity, ease of use, time to result and affordability. The three methods yielded a positive E. coli signal for 11.5, 10.8, and 11.5% of the 968 well water samples tested, respectively. One hundred and thirty-six ...
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Limited effectiveness of household sand filters for removal of arsenic from well water in North Vietnam
Since well water utilized for domestic purposes in the Red River Delta of North Vietnam has been reported to be polluted by arsenic, barium, iron, and manganese, household sand filters consisting of various components are used. Information regarding the effectiveness of various sand filters for removal of the four toxic elements in well water is limited. In this study, arsenic levels in 13/20 ...
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Identification of Naegleria fowleri in warm ground water aquifers
Received for publication February 16, 2009. The free-living amoeba Naegleria fowleri was identified as the etiological agent of primary amoebic meningoencephalitis that caused the deaths of two children in Peoria, Arizona, in autumn of 2002. It was suspected that the source of N. fowleri was the domestic water supply, which originates from ground water sources. In this study, ground water from ...
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Potentially pathogenic bacteria isolated from different tropical waters in Sri Lanka
This study investigated the bacteriological contamination of different water sources in Sri Lanka. Source waters (n = 74) including bottled water, well water and surface water were assessed for enumerating total coliforms and faecal coliforms using the membrane filtration method. The results showed that 18.5 and 14.8% of bottled water samples were contaminated with total coliforms ...
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Determine What Water Treatment Equipment is Best for You
Why do I need a water treatment specialist? Wont some equipment from the store work just fine? When it comes to water treatment there is no turnkey solution that works for all water sources. The water that is supplied changes throughout the planet while also changing with the seasons. So there may be a setup in New York that works really well on their water source but it might not work well in ...
By WECO Filters
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Microbial quality and bacteria pathogens in private wells used for drinking water in northeastern Ohio
In agricultural intensive areas, drinking contaminated water from private wells is considered an important cause of acute gastroenteric illnesses (AGI), particularly among high-risk populations. In the summer of 2009, the microbial water quality of 180 randomly selected private wells in two northeastern Ohio counties, a region with a high concentration of dairy farms, was assessed. Forty-five ...
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Removal of arsenic from drinking water using modified fly-ash bed
The removal of arsenic from drinking water by filtration through modified fly-ash bed is discussed. The preparation and characteristics of the bed material and the effects of different parameters like pH and the presence of other constituents are described. Various arsenic compounds in synthetic mixtures as well as drinking water samples containing arsenic have been investigated. The ...
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