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Microbial water pollution is a key concern leading to waterborne diseases. This study evaluated the disinfection of wastewater using ozonation. The following aspects were investigated: inactivation ef
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One of the primary goals of this chapter is to provide the reader with a broad understanding and appreciation of the various roles indicators play in the design, risk assessment and performance monito
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This aim of this study was to ascertain whether household container-stored drinking 16 water might play a role in the diarrhoeic conditions of HIV/AIDS patients and non-HIV17 infected individuals of t
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Biodegradation of hydrocarbons by indigenous populations of microorganisms found in petroleumcontaminated water sources represents one of the primary mechanisms by which petroleum and other hydrocarbo
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Water services providers should supply water that is fit for human consumption, taking into account multi-barrier approaches and technical aspects such as design aspects, operation monitoring, final wat
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This study aimed at investigating the presence of antibiotic-resistant Escherichia coli in river bed sedi- ments of the Apies River, Gauteng, South Africa, in order to better inform health management
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Many South Africans living in resource-poor settings with little or no access to pipe-borne water still rely on riv- ers as alternative water sources for drinking and other purposes. The poor microbia
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Purpose Research in the last few decades has increasingly demonstrated riverbed sediments as reservoirs of pathogenic bacteria, which could be released into water resources when sediments are resuspen
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Purpose Sediments have been shown to contribute to the microbial quality of the water column during resuspen- sion and serve as reservoirs for potentially pathogenic organisms. Currently, definitive g
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This study investigated the effects of population growth on the performance of the targeted wastewater treatment plants in Sedibeng District and Soshanguve peri- urban area, South Africa. The impact o
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This study was conducted to develop novel chitosan nanocomposites and to optimize the minimum amount and contact time required to achieve complete inactivation of bacteria in water. Gram-negative Esch
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The majority of the existing water bodies around the world are increasingly polluted with oily wastewater. The aim of this study was to investigate the role of single protozoan isolates (Aspidisca, Tr
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The failure of wastewater treatment plants to produce effluents of a high microbiological quality is a matter of great concern in terms of water resource pollution. A more serious concern is that this
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Mine water is an example of an extreme environment that contains a large number of diverse and specific bacteria. It is imperative to gain an understanding of thesebacterial communities in order to de
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This paper describes a collaborative process of identifying and prioritising current and future water research questions from a wide range of water specialists within South Africa. Over 1 600 question
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