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12369515

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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
15
pubmed:dateCreated
2002-10-8
pubmed:abstractText
There are regions where microbial growth in drinking water is limited by phosphorus instead of organic carbon. In phosphorus limited waters small changes in phosphorus concentration significantly affect microbial growth. We studied how water treatment processes in waterworks affect the availability of microbial nutrients and microbial growth potential in drinking water. The nutrients studied were assimilable organic carbon (AOCpotential) and microbially available phosphorus (MAP) which both were quantified by bioassays. Chemical coagulation, commonly used in surfacewater works, effectively removed AOCpotential and MAP. In contrast to activated carbon filtration, ozonation increased the concentrations of AOCpotential and MAP, and also microbial growth potential. In most of the drinking waters, microbial growth was limited by phosphorus, and microbial growth potential correlated with the MAP concentration. Microbial growth potential was lowest in drinking waters produced from surface waters with efficient treatment technique and highest in less treated ground waters.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Sep
pubmed:issn
0043-1354
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
36
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
3681-90
pubmed:dateRevised
2006-11-15
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
2002
pubmed:articleTitle
Changes in content of microbially available phosphorus, assimilable organic carbon and microbial growth potential during drinking water treatment processes.
pubmed:affiliation
Laboratory of Environmental Microbiology, National Public Health Institute, P.O. Box 95, FIN-70701, Kuopio, Finland. markku.lehtola@ktl.fi
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't