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Water Contamination Emergencies: Managing the Threats
Edited by
Ulrich Borchers;
Ulrich Borchers
IWW Water Centre, Germany
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John Gray;
John Gray
Dept. for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, UK
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Ulrich Borchers;
Ulrich Borchers
IWW Water Centre, Germany
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John Gray
John Gray
Dept. for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, UK
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Hardback ISBN:
978-1-84973-441-7
PDF ISBN:
978-1-84973-789-0
No. of Pages:
386
Published online:
01 Jul 2013
Published in print:
08 Jul 2013
Book Chapter
Particle Counting for Early Detection of Contaminants in Drinking Water
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Published:01 Jul 2013
Page range:
340 - 345
Citation
F. Gosselin, P. Pollmann, E. Colon, and J. Block, in Water Contamination Emergencies: Managing the Threats, ed. U. Borchers, J. Gray, K. C. Thompson, K. C. Thompson, U. Borchers, and J. Gray, The Royal Society of Chemistry, 2013, pp. 340-345.
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As pointed out for many years there is a flux of particles in drinking water distribution systems which may originate from the treatment plant itself or may be generated in the distribution system (biofilm sloughing, sediment resuspension, flocculation, …). Most of these particles are below 50 µm with an average size of 5 µm. These particles, which are easy to mobilise by a water flow above normal and generally consist of iron (60%) and organic matter (20%).
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