Characterization of microbial regrowth potential shaped by advanced drinking water treatment

Microbial regrowth in premise plumbing is a threat to water safety. Disinfectant residuals are often diminished during water transportation and stagnation, leading to the regrowth of opportunistic pathogens. Although microbial regrowth potential is mostly determined by water treatment, little is kno...

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Autores principales: Ikuro Kasuga, Hitomi Nakamura, Futoshi Kurisu, Hiroaki Furumai
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spelling oai:doaj.org-article:848772b86a6d4b95a25fd8761d2071602021-11-08T07:59:43ZCharacterization of microbial regrowth potential shaped by advanced drinking water treatment2616-651810.2166/h2oj.2021.103https://doaj.org/article/848772b86a6d4b95a25fd8761d2071602021-01-01T00:00:00Zhttp://doi.org/10.2166/h2oj.2021.103https://doaj.org/toc/2616-6518Microbial regrowth in premise plumbing is a threat to water safety. Disinfectant residuals are often diminished during water transportation and stagnation, leading to the regrowth of opportunistic pathogens. Although microbial regrowth potential is mostly determined by water treatment, little is known about how each treatment step affects two key factors that contribute to microbial regrowth potential: biodegradable organic matter and microbial abundance. In this study, we operated annular reactors to evaluate the microbial regrowth potential of water shaped after each treatment step in a full-scale drinking water treatment plant with ozonation and biological activated carbon filtration. The assimilable organic carbon and total cell count (TCC) were stable at all treatment steps during the sampling period from July to October 2015. The assimilable organic carbon consumption and TCC net increase in the annular reactors indicated that apparent growth yields (cell number base) of microbial communities were different in each reactor. Regrowth potential evaluated by indigenous microbial community in finished water was reduced to 22% of that in raw water, while 75% of assimilable organic carbon in raw water remained in finished water. It suggested that treatment performance evaluated by indigenous microbial communities was better than that evaluated by assimilable organic carbon. HIGHLIGHTS Changes in microbial regrowth potential in water during advanced drinking water treatment were evaluated.; The apparent growth yields of microbial communities growing in effluent from each treatment step were different.; Indigenous microbial community in finished water was used to assess the changes in specific regrowth-promoting substrates.;Ikuro KasugaHitomi NakamuraFutoshi KurisuHiroaki FurumaiIWA Publishingarticleadvanced drinking water treatmentannular reactorassimilable organic carbonmicrobial regrowth potentialRiver, lake, and water-supply engineering (General)TC401-506Water supply for domestic and industrial purposesTD201-500ENH2Open Journal, Vol 4, Iss 1, Pp 157-166 (2021)
institution DOAJ
collection DOAJ
language EN
topic advanced drinking water treatment
annular reactor
assimilable organic carbon
microbial regrowth potential
River, lake, and water-supply engineering (General)
TC401-506
Water supply for domestic and industrial purposes
TD201-500
spellingShingle advanced drinking water treatment
annular reactor
assimilable organic carbon
microbial regrowth potential
River, lake, and water-supply engineering (General)
TC401-506
Water supply for domestic and industrial purposes
TD201-500
Ikuro Kasuga
Hitomi Nakamura
Futoshi Kurisu
Hiroaki Furumai
Characterization of microbial regrowth potential shaped by advanced drinking water treatment
description Microbial regrowth in premise plumbing is a threat to water safety. Disinfectant residuals are often diminished during water transportation and stagnation, leading to the regrowth of opportunistic pathogens. Although microbial regrowth potential is mostly determined by water treatment, little is known about how each treatment step affects two key factors that contribute to microbial regrowth potential: biodegradable organic matter and microbial abundance. In this study, we operated annular reactors to evaluate the microbial regrowth potential of water shaped after each treatment step in a full-scale drinking water treatment plant with ozonation and biological activated carbon filtration. The assimilable organic carbon and total cell count (TCC) were stable at all treatment steps during the sampling period from July to October 2015. The assimilable organic carbon consumption and TCC net increase in the annular reactors indicated that apparent growth yields (cell number base) of microbial communities were different in each reactor. Regrowth potential evaluated by indigenous microbial community in finished water was reduced to 22% of that in raw water, while 75% of assimilable organic carbon in raw water remained in finished water. It suggested that treatment performance evaluated by indigenous microbial communities was better than that evaluated by assimilable organic carbon. HIGHLIGHTS Changes in microbial regrowth potential in water during advanced drinking water treatment were evaluated.; The apparent growth yields of microbial communities growing in effluent from each treatment step were different.; Indigenous microbial community in finished water was used to assess the changes in specific regrowth-promoting substrates.;
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author Ikuro Kasuga
Hitomi Nakamura
Futoshi Kurisu
Hiroaki Furumai
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title Characterization of microbial regrowth potential shaped by advanced drinking water treatment
title_short Characterization of microbial regrowth potential shaped by advanced drinking water treatment
title_full Characterization of microbial regrowth potential shaped by advanced drinking water treatment
title_fullStr Characterization of microbial regrowth potential shaped by advanced drinking water treatment
title_full_unstemmed Characterization of microbial regrowth potential shaped by advanced drinking water treatment
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