Heterotrophic Plate Counts and Drinking-water Safety The Significance of HPCs for Water Quality and Human Health

• Autore: Bartram J
• Pubblicazione: London, : IWA Publishing, 2014
• Edizione: 1st ed.
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (272 p.)
• Soggetto topico: Bacteria; Drinking water -- Analysis; Drinking water -- Standards
• Altri autori: CotruvoJ
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di contenuto: Cover -- Copyright -- Contents -- Foreword -- Acknowledgements -- List of acronyms and abbreviations -- Robert Koch -- 1. Expert consensus: Expert Meeting Group Report -- 2. Public health aspects of the role of HPC - an introduction -- 3. The history and use of HPC in drinking-water quality management -- 4. The presence of bacteria in water after regrowth -- 5. Bacteria of potential health concern -- 6. Relationships between common water bacteria and pathogens in drinking-water -- 7. Epidemiological and risk assessment evidence of disease linked to HPC bacteria -- 8. Infections from HPC organisms in drinking-water amongst the immunocompromised -- 9. Methods to identify and enumerate frank and opportunistic bacterial pathogens in water and biofilms -- 10. Conditions favouring coliform and HPC bacterial growth in drinking-water and on water contact surfaces -- 11. Managing regrowth in drinking-water distribution systems -- 12. The role of HPC in managing the treatment and distribution of drinking-water -- Index.
• Titolo autorizzato: Heterotrophic Plate Counts and Drinking-water Safety The Significance of HPCs for Water Quality and Human Health
• ISBN: 1-78040-594-4
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910811707603321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II
• Serie: Who water series