Evaluating the fate of bacterial indicators, viral indicators, and viruses in water resource recovery facilities.

ABSTRACT: A year-long sampling campaign at nine water resource recovery facilities (WRRFs) was conducted to assess the treatability and fate of bacterial indicators, viral indicators, and viruses. Influent concentrations of viral indicators (male-specific and somatic coliphages) and bacterial indicators (Escherichia coli and enterococci) remained relatively constant, typically varying by one order of magnitude over the course of the year. Annual average bacterial indicator reduction ranged from 4.0 to 6.7 logs, and annual average viral indicator reduction ranged from 1.6 to 5.4 logs. Bacterial and viral indicator reduction depended on the WRRF's treatment processes, and bacterial indicator reduction was greater than viral indicator reduction for many processes. Viral reduction (adenovirus 41, norovi

SUBMITTER: Worley-Morse T 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6849880 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature