Comparing the bacterial growth potential of ultra-low nutrient drinking water assessed by growth tests based on flow cytometric intact cell count versus adenosine triphosphate

The bacterial growth potential (BGP) of drinking water is widely assessed either by flow cytometric intact cell count (BGP_ICC) or adenosine triphosphate (BGP_ATP) based methods. Combining BGP_ICC and BGP_ATP measurements has been previously applied for various types of drinking water having high to low...

Multi-parametric assessment of biological stability of drinking water produced from groundwater: Reverse osmosis vs. conventional treatment

Although water produced by reverse osmosis (RO) filtration has low bacterial growth potential (BGP), post-treatment of RO permeate, which is necessary prior to distribution and human consumption, needs to be examined because of the potential re-introduction of nutrients/contaminants. In this study, drinking water produced from anaerobic...

Further developing the bacterial growth potential method for ultra-pure drinking water produced by remineralization of reverse osmosis permeate

Ensuring the biological stability of drinking water is essential for modern drinking water supply. To understand and manage the biological stability, it is critical that the bacterial growth in drinking water can be measured. Nowadays, advance treatment technologies, such as reverse osmosis (RO), are increasingly applied in drinking water...