Biodegradation of HAAs in distribution systems
By: prepared by Raymond M. Hozalski ... [et al.] ; sponsored by Water Research Foundation
Contributors: Water Research Foundation
Publisher: Water Research Foundation
Published: 2010
Place of publication: Denver, Colo
Language: eng
Number of pages: 100
ISBN-13: 9781605730769
Subjects: Water; Purification; Biological treatment; By-products; Disinfection
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 89-96).
Table of contents: title: 1. Introduction; title: 2. Literature review; title: 3. Materials and methods; title: 4. Enrichment and isolation of HAA degraders; title: 5. Development of a qPCR method for enumeration of HAA degraders; title: 6. Prevalence of HAA degraders in U.S. water systems; title: 7. HAA biodegradation kinetics; title: 8. Effect of environmental conditions on HAA biodegradation; title: 9. Modeling the biodegradation of HAAs in rapid filters and water distribution systems; title: 10. Conclusions and recommendations; title: Appendix A. Plots of HAA concentration versus time for the enrichment cultures; title: Appendix B. tRFLP results for the enrichment cultures; title: Appendix C. Isolate substrate range experiments; title: References.