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Factors Influencing Bacterial Diversity and Community Composition in Municipal Drinking Waters in the Ohio River Basin, USA.

open access: yesPLoS ONE, 2016
The composition and metabolic activities of microbes in drinking water distribution systems can affect water quality and distribution system integrity.
Lee F Stanish   +6 more
doaj   +1 more source

Modeling Chlorine Decay in Drinking Water Distribution Systems using Aquasim

open access: yesChemical Engineering Transactions, 2017
The main purpose of drinking water distribution systems or networks is to supply water of impeccable quality to consumers according to their demand. Problems relating to declining water quality in natural water bodies have been on the increase around the
V. Madzivhandila, E.M.N. Chirwa
doaj   +1 more source

An assessment of drinking-water quality post-Haiyan

open access: yesWestern Pacific Surveillance and Response, 2015
Introduction: Access to safe drinking-water is one of the most important public health concerns in an emergency setting. This descriptive study reports on an assessment of water quality in drinking-water supply systems in areas affected by Typhoon Haiyan
Bonifacio Magtibay   +2 more
doaj   +1 more source

Failure assessment for drinking water distribution system in the case of Bahir Dar institute of technology, Ethiopia

open access: yesApplied Water Science, 2021
In this paper, the issue of failure assessment in the drinking water distribution system was presented. This specific study was conducted on the water distribution system on the campus of Bahir Dar Institute of Technology.
Roman Abebe Mesalie   +2 more
doaj   +1 more source

Persistence of helicobacter pylori in heterotrophic drinking-water biofilms [PDF]

open access: yes, 2008
Although the route of transmission of Helicobacter pylori remains unknown, drinking water has been considered a possible transmission vector. It has been shown previously that, in water, biofilms are a protective niche for several pathogens, protecting ...
Wilks, S. A.   +9 more
core   +1 more source

Climate change and management of biofilms within drinking water distribution systems

open access: yesFrontiers in Environmental Science, 2022
Climate change will increase the temperature of water in our drinking-water distribution systems, impacting the biofilms that grow in these vast infrastructure systems and hence the quality and safety of drinking water at the tap.
C. Calero Preciado   +3 more
doaj   +1 more source

Monitoring copper release in drinking water distribution systems

open access: yesWater Science and Technology, 2008
A new procedure, recently proposed for on-line monitoring of copper released from metal pipes in household plumbing system for drinking water distribution during the development of corrosion processes, is tested experimentally. Experiments were carried out in laboratory controlled conditions, using synthetic water and varying the water alkalinity.
D'Antonio L., Fabbricino M., Panico A.
openaire   +4 more sources

Estimation of the Per Capita of Drinking Water Consumption; A Case Study of Ardekan City, Yazd Province [PDF]

open access: yesعلوم و مهندسی آب و فاضلاب, 2017
Enforcement of policies related to water consumption management necessitates the evaluation of a variety of strategies leading to increased water productivity. One of these strategies is the separation of drinking water distribution from other uses.
Ali Asghar SEMSAR YAZDI   +2 more
doaj   +1 more source

Optimization of the water distribution network flushing [PDF]

open access: yes, 2021
Ispiranje vodovodne mreže se sprovodi nakon što se za određeni deo mreže, ili zone za ispiranje, ustanovi da je voda izložena visokom riziku od zamućenja (promene boje).
Ivetić, Damjan, Vasilić, Željko
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Impacts of Hurricane Harvey on drinking water quality in two Texas cities

open access: yesEnvironmental Research Letters, 2019
Hurricane Harvey devastated large parts of the US Gulf Coast in 2017, and its floodwaters posed a number of threats to the environment and human health.
Matthew R Landsman   +7 more
doaj   +1 more source

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