ANALYSIS OF THE MICROBIOLOGICAL PARTICULATES IN MUNICIPAL DRINKING-WATER BY SCANNING ELECTRON-MICROSCOPY X-RAY-ENERGY SPECTROSCOPY

  • 1 April 1987
    • journal article
    • research article
    • Vol. 183  (5-6) , 511-529
Abstract
Scanning electron microscopy and X-ray energy spectroscopy (SEM/XES) were used to survey the biological and nonbiological particles in two different municipal driking-water systems. Microbiological particles could be differentiated from non-biological by their qualitative elemental compositions and this information was used as the basis for an automated detection scheme. Automated SEM/XES analyses were used to demonstrate microbiological differences between well-water and surface-water in distribution systems.

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