| Main Title |
Bacteria Associated with Granular Activated Carbon Particles in Drinking Water. |
| Author |
Camper, A. K. ;
LeChevallier, M. W. ;
Broadaway, S. C. ;
McFeters, G. A. ;
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| CORP Author |
Montana State Univ., Bozeman. Dept. of Microbiology.;Environmental Protection Agency, Cincinnati, OH. Water Engineering Research Lab. |
| Year Published |
1986 |
| Report Number |
EPA-R-810015; EPA/600/J-86/205; |
| Stock Number |
PB87-169223 |
| Additional Subjects |
Bacteria ;
Activated carbon treatment ;
Potable water ;
Particles ;
Sampling ;
Coliform bacteria ;
Membranes ;
Fluid fillers ;
Microorganism control(Water) ;
Reprints ;
Drinking water
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Call Number |
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| NTIS |
PB87-169223 |
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07/26/2022 |
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| Collation |
7p |
| Abstract |
A sampling protocol was developed to examine particles released from granular activated carbon filter beds. A gauze filter/Swinnex procedure was used to collect carbon fines from 201 granular activated carbon-treated drinking water samples over 12 months. Application of a homogenization procedure (developed previously) indicated that 41.4% of the water samples had heterotrophic plate count bacteria attached to carbon particles. With the enumeration procedures described, heterotrophic plate count bacteria were recovered at an average rate of 8.6 times higher than by conventional analyses. Over 17% of the samples contained carbon particles colonized with coliform bacteria as enumerated with modified most-probable-number and membrane filter techniques. In some instances coliform recoveries were 122 to 1,194 times higher than by standard procedures. (Copyright (c) 1986, American Society for Microbiology.) |
