Water treatment plant operators remove cyanobacteria and the toxins they produce from source waters but calculating the amount of treatment needed for effective removal is difficult, particularly in bloom conditions when cyanobacterial cell numbers and toxins change quickly…
Cyanobacterial blooms in surface waters are a source of cells, taste and odour compounds, and a range of toxins…
Chlorine removes harmful pathogens from water but has the disadvantage of forming disinfection by-products (DBPs) by reacting with organic matter sometimes found in water…
The aim of this project was to examine the utility of ultra-violet (UV) spectroscopy as a real-time water quality monitoring system…