microbiological water quality laboratory Articles
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Sodium hypochlorite dosage for household and emergency water treatment: updated recommendations
Household water treatment with chlorine can improve the microbiological quality of household water and reduce diarrheal disease. We conducted laboratory and field studies to inform chlorine dosage recommendations. In the laboratory, reactors of varying turbidity (10–300 NTU) and total organic carbon (0–25 mg/L addition) were created, spiked with Escherichia coli, and dosed with 3.75 mg/L ...
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Mineral water: a microbiological approach
Total coliforms, Escherichia coli, Pseudomonas aeruginosa and high heterotrophic plate count were found in bottled mineral water. What may represent an important public health problem, because the presence of these microorganisms can be harmful to the health of the consumer, principally because some are opportunistic pathogens capable of causing infections in vulnerable individuals. Sales of ...
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