Drinking water treatment efficiency
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How efficient is microbiological treatment (reported as log-decrease) as used in most common Finnish water treatment processes?
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Data
Water treatment method | Pathogen | ||||||
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Campylobacteri | E.coli O157:H7 | Rotavirus | Norovirus | Cryptosporidium | Giardia | ||
Traditional cleaning | [1] | ||||||
Well working cleaning | [1] | ||||||
Enhanced cleaning | [2] | ||||||
Slow sand filtration | [1] | ||||||
Limestone filtration | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Active carbon filtration | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | [3] | [3] |
Water treatment processes
Coagulation/Flotation |
Coagulation works well |
Enhanced coagulation |
Sand filtration |
Limestone filtration |
Active carbon filtration |
Obs | TreatmentMethod | Pathogen | Unit | Result |
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1 | Traditional cleaning | campylobacter | Logdecrease | 2.1 |
2 | Traditional cleaning | E.coli O157:H7 | Logdecrease | 2.1 |
3 | Traditional cleaning | rotavirus | Logdecrease | 3 |
4 | Traditional cleaning | norovirus | Logdecrease | 3 |
5 | Traditional cleaning | cryptosporidium | Logdecrease | 3.2 |
6 | Traditional cleaning | giardia | Logdecrease | 3.4 |
7 | Well working cleaning | campylobacter | Logdecrease | 1 |
8 | Well working cleaning | E.coli O157:H7 | Logdecrease | 1 |
9 | Well working cleaning | rotavirus | Logdecrease | 1.2 |
10 | Well working cleaning | norovirus | Logdecrease | 1.2 |
11 | Well working cleaning | cryptosporidium | Logdecrease | 1.4 |
12 | Well working cleaning | giardia | Logdecrease | 2.1 |
13 | Enhanced cleaning | campylobacter | Logdecrease | 3 |
14 | Enhanced cleaning | E.coli O157:H7 | Logdecrease | 3 |
15 | Enhanced cleaning | rotavirus | Logdecrease | 4 |
16 | Enhanced cleaning | norovirus | Logdecrease | 4 |
17 | Enhanced cleaning | cryptosporidium | Logdecrease | 4.2 |
18 | Enhanced cleaning | giardia | Logdecrease | 4.4 |
19 | Slow sand filtration | campylobacter | Logdecrease | 2.7 |
20 | Slow sand filtration | E.coli O157:H7 | Logdecrease | 2.7 |
21 | Slow sand filtration | rotavirus | Logdecrease | 2.2 |
22 | Slow sand filtration | norovirus | Logdecrease | 2.2 |
23 | Slow sand filtration | cryptosporidium | Logdecrease | 4.8 |
24 | Slow sand filtration | giardia | Logdecrease | 4.9 |
25 | Limestone filtration | campylobacter | Logdecrease | 0 |
26 | Limestone filtration | E.coli O157:H7 | Logdecrease | 0 |
27 | Limestone filtration | rotavirus | Logdecrease | 0 |
28 | Limestone filtration | norovirus | Logdecrease | 0 |
29 | Limestone filtration | cryptosporidium | Logdecrease | 0 |
30 | Limestone filtration | giardia | Logdecrease | 0 |
31 | Active carbon filtration | campylobacter | Logdecrease | 0 |
32 | Active carbon filtration | E.coli O157:H7 | Logdecrease | 0 |
33 | Active carbon filtration | rotavirus | Logdecrease | 0 |
34 | Active carbon filtration | norovirus | Logdecrease | 0 |
35 | Active carbon filtration | cryptosporidium | Logdecrease | 1.1 |
36 | Active carbon filtration | giardia | Logdecrease | 2 |
37 | None | campylobacter | Logdecrease | 0 |
38 | None | E.coli O157:H7 | Logdecrease | 0 |
39 | None | rotavirus | Logdecrease | 0 |
40 | None | norovirus | Logdecrease | 0 |
41 | None | cryptosporidium | Logdecrease | 0 |
42 | None | giardia | Logdecrease | 0 |
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See also
- Water guide
- http://www.who.int/water_sanitation_health/dwq/en/watreatpath2.pdf
- heande:Polaris:Vedenkäsittelyn tehokkuus/Mikkeli
- heande:Polaris:Vedenkäsittelyn tehokkuus/Lahti
- heande:Polaris:Vedenkäsittelyn tehokkuus/Kirkkonummi
- Health impacts of waterborne microbes
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 Hijnen, W. A. and Medema, G. (2007). Elimination of micro‐organisms by water treatment processes, KWR Watercycle Research Institute.
- ↑ Abbaszadegan, M., Mayer, B. K., Ryu, H. and Nwachuku, N. (2007). "Efficacy of removal of CCL viruses under enhanced coagulation conditions." Environ Sci Technol 41(3): 971‐7.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 Hijnen, W. A., Suylen, G. M. H., Bahlman, J. A., Brouwer‐Hanzens, A. and Medema, G. J. (2010). "GAC adsorption filters as barriers for viruses, bacteria and protozoan (oo)cysts in water treatment." Water research 44: 1224‐123
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