INHIBITIVE BEHAVIOUR OF GREEN INHIBITOR IN POTABLE WATER DISTRIBUTION SYSTEM

Water Demand Management Using a Conservative In-house Potable Water Distribution System

Random field survey was conducted to specify the in-house potable water distribution systems used in Riyadh city. A questionnaire was designed for this purpose with three different groups of questions. The first group deals with the system properties and number of outlets, the second group covers the behavior of residents with the system and the last group has general questions about the house ...

Inorganic Contaminant Accumulation in Potable Water Distribution Systems

Solving the Salinity Control Problem in a Potable Water System

Salinity is the relative concentration of salts in water. In a city of southern China, the local water supply company pumps water from a nearby river for potable use. During the winter dry season, the intrusion of sea water raises the salinity of the river to a high level and affects approximately the daily life of 450,000 residents of the city. This paper reports the application of constraint ...

Incidence of coliphage in potable water supplies.

Samples of drinking water from different sources in greater Cairo, Egypt, and bottled drinking water were tested for total coliform, fecal coliform, and coliphage populations. Of the 147 samples tested, 4 samples were positive for both total coliforms and coliphage, 65 samples were negative for total coliforms, fecal coliforms, and coliphage, and 78 samples were positive for coliphage and negat...

Disinfection of Burkholderia pseudomallei in potable water.

The effect of chlorine, monochloramine and UV disinfection on the water-borne pathogen Burkholderia pseudomallei was assessed. Persistence of B. pseudomallei was verified by MPN involving a one-step recovery procedure. Chlorine proved the most effective disinfectant with a 99.99% reduction of a 10(6) CFU/mL pure bacterial culture followed by 99.9% reduction by monochloramine and 99% reduction b...