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Impacts of Organic Matter Migrating from Pipe Materials on Microbial Regrowth in Drinking Water
Journal of Water and Environment Technology, 2020 Polymeric materials are widely used in premise plumbing. To assess the potential of pipe materials to promote microbial regrowth in drinking water, we incubated drinking water in a new cross-linked polyethylene pipe (N-PEX), a new steel pipe lined with ...
Iftita Rahmatika +3 more
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Differences in UV-C LED Inactivation of Legionella pneumophila Serogroups in Drinking Water
Microorganisms, 2022 Legionella pneumophila (Lp) is an opportunistic pathogen that causes respiratory infections primarily through inhalation of contaminated aerosols. Lp can colonize premise plumbing systems due to favorable growth conditions (e.g., lower disinfectant ...
Helen Y. Buse +3 more
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Inhibition of Adherence of Mycobacterium avium to Plumbing Surface Biofilms of Methylobacterium spp.
Pathogens, 2017 Both Mycobacterium spp. and Methylobacterium spp. are opportunistic premise plumbing pathogens that are found on pipe surfaces in households. However, examination of data published in prior microbiological surveys indicates that Methylobacterium spp. and
Mari Carmen Muñoz Egea +3 more
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Methods for infection prevention in the built environment—a mini-review
Frontiers in Built Environment, 2023 The COVID-19 pandemic has shown that infection prevention actions need to be more efficient in public indoor environments. In addition to SARS-CoV-2, the cause of COVID-19, many pathogens, including other infectious viruses, antibiotic-resistant bacteria,
Noora Salonen +8 more
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Engineering ProceedingsA stochastic water demand model was used to undertake a sensitivity study to evaluate building occupancy against selected premise plumbing design parameters. The results demonstrate that building occupancy has a strong positive correlation for estimating
Brendan M. Josey, Jinzhe Gong
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Pathogens, 2020 Flint, MI experienced two outbreaks of Legionnaires’ Disease (LD) during the summers of 2014 and 2015, coinciding with use of Flint River as a drinking water source without corrosion control.
Rebekah L. Martin +3 more
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Methylobacterium spp.: Emerging Opportunistic Premise Plumbing Pathogens [PDF]
, 2017 Opportunistic premise plumbing pathogens (OPPPs) are responsible for many infections linked to drinking water. The annual cost of disease caused by these waterborne pathogens is $850 million.
Szwetkowski, Kyle John
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Water Research X, 2023 A framework is needed to account for interactive effects of plumbing materials and disinfectants on opportunistic pathogens (OPs) in building water systems.
Abraham Cullom +5 more
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Tracking reduction of water lead levels in two homes during the Flint Federal Emergency
Water Research X, 2020 A Federal Emergency was declared in Flint, MI, on January 16, 2016, 18-months after a switch to Flint River source water without phosphate corrosion control.
Anurag Mantha +4 more
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Plumbing principles and practice
, 2021 This book provides a complete introduction to plumbing services. It explains the principles and provides practical examples of planning, design, installation and maintenance of the plumbing technologies applicable to single-storey buildings, skyscrapers ...
Haq, Syed Azizul
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