Microbiological risk assessment: a scientific basis for managing drinking water safety from source to tap

 
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Scientific publications

Publications from Microrisk:

 

Inactivation of Escherichia coli by ozone under bench scale plug flow and full scale hydraulic conditions

Smeets et al, 2006, Water Res., 40:3239-3248.

 

Inactivation of viruses, bacteria, spores and protozoa by ultraviolet radiation in drinking water practice: a review.

Hijnen et al., 2006, Wat. Sci. Technol: Wat. Supply, 5:93-99.

 

Pathogen monitoring offers questionable protection against drinking water risks: a QMRA (Quantitative Microbial Risk Analysis) approach to assess management strategies.

Signor et al., 2006. Wat. Sci. Technol., 54:261-268.

 

Microbial risk and removal: a utility perspective.

Stanger et al., 2006. Wat. Sci. Technol., 54:253-259.

 

Combined use of microbiological and non-microbiological data to assess treatment efficacy.

Smeets et al., 2006. Wat. Sci. Technol., 54:35-40. 

 

Drinking water consumption patterns in Sweden

Westrell et al., 2006, J. Water Health, 4:511-522.

 

Risk assessment and risk management of faecal contamination in drinking water distributed without a disinfectant residual.

van Lieverloo et al., 2006, J Water SRT - Aqua, 55:25-31.  

 

Quantifying the impact of run-off events on the microbiological contaminant concentrations entering drinking surface source waters.

Signor et al., 2005. J. Water Health, 3:453-468. 

Dosing ratios for reduced bromate formation by dissolved ozone dosing.

van der Helm et al., 2005, Water Supply, 5:35-40.

 

 

PhD-theses:

Modelling drinking water treatment in Quantitative Microbiological Risk Assessment

Patrick Smeets, Delft University, The Netherlands

 

Probabilistic Microbial Risk Assessment and Managament Implications for Urban Water Supply Systems

Ryan Signor, University of New South Wales, Australia

 

Microbial risk assessment and its implications for risk management in urban water systems.

Therese Westrell, Linkoping University, Sweden, 2004.

 

Biofilms and microbial barriers in drinking water treatment and distribution

Jonas Langmark, Stockholm University, Sweden, 2005. 

 

Masters theses:

Use of QMRA as a tool for HACCP management systems in water treatment plants; especially for the setting of critical limits.

Rebecka Thorwaldsdotter, Lund University/University of New South Wales

 

The use of water treatment SCADA data to quantify microbiological events and risks arisin: a case study from Sweden.

Per Nilsson, Lund University/University of New South Wales





 



   
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