Seawater desalination based drinking water: Microbial characterization during distribution with and without residual chlorine

Monitoring the changes that occur to water during distribution is vital to ensure water safety. In this study, the biological stability of reverse osmosis (RO) produced drinking water, characterized by low cell concentration and low assimilable organic carbon, in combination with chlorine disinfection was investigated. Water quality at...

Inactivation of Escherichia coli and somatic coliphage ΦX174 by oxidation of electrochemically produced Fe²⁺

Electrochemical ferrous iron (Fe²⁺) wastewater treatment is gaining momentum for treating municipal wastewater due to its decreasing costs, environmental friendliness and capacity for removal of a wide range of contaminants. Disinfection by iron electrocoagulation (Fe-EC) has been occasionally reported in full scale industrial...