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Heterotrophic Plate Counts and Drinking-water Safety The Significance of HPCs for Water Quality and Human Health
Heterotrophic Plate Counts and Drinking-water Safety provides a critical assessment of the role of the Heterotrophic Plate Count (HPC) measurement in drinking water quality management. It was developed from an Expert workshop of 32 scientists convened by the World Health Organization and the WHO/NSF...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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London :
IWA Publishing,
2014.
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| Colección: | Who water series.
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- Cover; Copyright; Contents; Foreword; Acknowledgements; List of acronyms and abbreviations; Robert Koch; 1. Expert consensus: Expert Meeting Group Report; 2. Public health aspects of the role of HPC
- an introduction; 3. The history and use of HPC in drinking-water quality management; 4. The presence of bacteria in water after regrowth; 5. Bacteria of potential health concern; 6. Relationships between common water bacteria and pathogens in drinking-water; 7. Epidemiological and risk assessment evidence of disease linked to HPC bacteria.
- 8. Infections from HPC organisms in drinking-water amongst the immunocompromised9. Methods to identify and enumerate frank and opportunistic bacterial pathogens in water and biofilms; 10. Conditions favouring coliform and HPC bacterial growth in drinking-water and on water contact surfaces; 11. Managing regrowth in drinking-water distribution systems; 12. The role of HPC in managing the treatment and distribution of drinking-water; Index.