Disinfection guidelines exist for pathogen inactivation in potable water and recycled water,
but wastewater with high numbers of particles can be more difficult to disinfect, making …

The continued depletion of fresh drinking water resources throughout the world has
increased the need for a variety of water treatment and recycling strategies. Conventional …

Water stress has become a perennial concern in most of the developing countries due to
rapid urbanization and population growth. As the growing population requires more fresh …

Today, microbial drinking water quality is monitored through either time-consuming
laboratory methods or indirect on-line measurements. Results are thus either delayed or …

This study was undertaken to investigate the removal of pathogenic microorganisms and
their indicators in a laboratory scale biological treatment system that simulated the …

Temperature is the bottleneck for the anaerobic treatment of domestic wastewater in
temperate climates. Most previous attempts to achieve anaerobic treatment at low …

This paper explains how regulations and technology required for efficient and safe reuse of
wastewater in irrigated agriculture were developed, considering both farmers' needs and …

In the new version of the World Health Organization (WHO), water reuse guidelines helminth
ova are considered one of the main target pollutants to be removed from wastewater reuse …

Helminth eggs are one of the microbial parameters that must be removed from water and
sludge for its safe reuse. Detection and removal of these eggs is one of the most challenging …

This chapter summarizes the main characteristics ofwastewater treatment processes,
especially those suitable for use in developing countries, from the perspective of their …