Microbiology of Drinking Water: Production and Distribution

by Gabriel Bitton

Microbiology of Drinking Water Production and Distribution addresses the public health aspects of drinking water treatment and distribution. It explains the different water treatment processes, such as pretreatment, coagulation, flocculation, sedimentation, filtration, disinfection, and their impacts on waterborne microbial pathogens and parasites. Drinking water quality may be degraded in water distribution systems--microorganisms form biofilms within...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 111874392X
• ISBN13: 9781118743928
• Release Date: October 2014
• Publisher: Wiley-Blackwell
• Length: 312 Pages
• Weight: 1.15 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 6.0" x 9.0"