Microbial populations, activities and carbon metabolism in slow sand filters

• 31 October 1992
• journal article
• Published by Elsevier in Water Research
• Vol. 26  (10) , 1319-1328
• https://doi.org/10.1016/0043-1354(92)90126-o

Abstract

Keywords

• SLOW SAND FILTERS
• BACTERIAL DIRECT CELL COUNTS
• PLATE COUNTS
• BIOMASS
• RESPIRATION
• IRON
• MANGANESE
• BENZOATE METABOLISM
• AQUATIC ORGANIC MATTER METABOLISM
• AFDC, ACRIFLAVINE DIRECT CELL COUNTS
• AMW, APPARENT MOLECULAR WEIGHT
• AOM, AQUATIC ORGANIC MATTER
• FRM, FOLIN-REACTIVE MATERIAL (BIOMASS AS PROTEIN)
• INT, 2-(P-IODOPHENYL)-3-(P-NITROPHENYL)-5-PHENYL TETRAZOLIUM CHLORIDE
• NPDOC, NON-PURGEABLE DISSOLVED ORGANIC CARBON
• THM, TRIHALOMETHANE
• THMFP, TRIHALOMETHANE FORMATION POTENTIAL