Microbiology of Drinking Water
Production and Distribution
Gabriel Bitton
- Microbiology
- of
- Drinking
- Water
- Production
- and
- Distribution
- addresses
- the
- public
- health
- aspects
- of
- drinking
- water
- treatment
- and
- distribution.
- It
- explains
- the
- different
- water
- treatment
- processes,
- such
- as
- pretreatment,
- coagulation,
- flocculation,
- sedimentation,
- filtration,
- disinfection,
- and
- their
- impacts
- on
- waterborne
- microbial
- pathogens
- and
- parasites.Drinking
- water
- quality
- may
- be
- degraded
- in
- water
- distribution
- systems—microorganisms
- form
- biofilms
- within
- distribution
- systems
- that
- allow
- them
- to
- flourish.
- Various
- methodologies
- have
- been
- proposed
- to
- assess
- the
- bacterial
- growth
- potential
- in
- water
- distribution
- systems.Microbiology
- of
- Drinking
- Water
- Production
- and
- Distribution
- also
- places
- drinking
- water
- quality
- and
- public
- health
- issues
- in
- context;
- it
- addresses
- the
- effect
- of
- bioterrorism
- on
- drinking
- water
- safety,
- particularly
- safeguards
- that
- are
- in
- place
- to
- protect
- consumers
- against
- the
- microbial
- agents
- involved.
- In
- addition,
- the
- text
- delves
- into
- research
- on
- drinking
- water
- quality
- in
- developing
- countries
- and
- the
- low-cost
- treatment
- technologies
- that
- could
- save
- lives.
- The
- text
- also
- examines
- the
- microbiological
- water
- quality
- of
- bottled
- water,
- often
- misunderstood
- by
- the
- public
- at large.
