Quantitative polymerase chain (QPCR) reaction using the MIMIC approach to estimate Cryptosporidium parvum oocysts, an intestinal pathogen, in municipal water treatment sludge samples

2000 ◽  
Vol 14 (2) ◽  
pp. 121-126 ◽  
Author(s):  
P Udeh ◽  
J Veenstra ◽  
AJ Abraham ◽  
GH John
2018 ◽  
Vol 44 ◽  
pp. 00045
Author(s):  
Justyna Górka ◽  
MaŁgorzata Cimochowicz-Rybicka ◽  
Beata Fryźlewicz-Kozak

This research was conducted to evaluate the effects of thermal and ultrasound disintegration on the disintegration degree (DD) of water treatment sludge from a municipal water treatment plant. A disintegration process was used to (i) improve subsequent coagulation efficiencies and dewatering processes (ii) reduce sludge production, and (iii) obtain both economic and enviromental benefits. The results show that using the disintegration process has an influence on DD values. It is also worth emphasising that the main parameter determining the efficiency of ultrasonic and thermal disintegration was the time of the applied process. Other parameters such as ultrasound intensity and temperature had a reduced impact on DD values.


2019 ◽  
Vol 204 ◽  
pp. 800-808 ◽  
Author(s):  
Vsévolod Mymrin ◽  
Fernanda M. Hackbart ◽  
Kirill Alekseev ◽  
Monica A. Avanci ◽  
Edgar Winter ◽  
...  

2010 ◽  
Vol 62 (6) ◽  
pp. 1325-1330 ◽  
Author(s):  
A.J Almeida ◽  
F.C.R Oliveira ◽  
V.M.Q Flores ◽  
C.W.G Lopes

Cryptosporidium parvum oocysts were detected in feces of dairy calves raised in Rio de Janeiro State and the risk factors involved in the infection were determined. A hundred calves aging up to 12-month-old from 13 dairy farms were sampled. Polymerase chain reaction was used to detect the presence of oocysts. The zoonotic C. parvum species was detected in 45% animals. Statistical risk factors analyses revealed an association between infection and animals raised in technical systems such as the use of milking equipment, milking cooler, and water trough(P<0.05)


2008 ◽  
Vol 45 (5) ◽  
pp. 715-725 ◽  
Author(s):  
Brendan C. O’Kelly

The geotechnical properties of a municipal water treatment sludge from an upland catchment are presented. The gelatinous sludge comprised flocs of mainly quartz, manganoan calcite, and clay-sized organic solids, and incorporated an alum coagulant and an anionic polyelectrolyte. Standard Proctor compaction yielded low bulk density values of 0.95–1.10 t/m3 and dry density values of 0.12–0.36 t/m3 (water content is 160%–780%) in line with the low specific gravity of solids value of 1.86. The undrained shear strength and the water content were inversely related on a semi-log plot. The effective stress shear strength parameter values were c' = 0 and ϕ' = 39°. The consolidation properties were studied using the oedometer, consolidometer, and triaxial apparatus. The material was highly compressible with primary compression index (Cc) values of 2.5–3.7, and primary compression ratio (C*c) values of 0.20–0.28. The majority of the strain response occurred due to primary consolidation although the material had a very low permeability (coefficient of permeability values decreasing from 2 × 10−9 to 5 × 10−11 m/s for an effective vertical stress of σ'v = 3–800 kPa). Secondary compression was minor, with a mean secondary compression index (Cαe) value of 0.15, and Cαe/Cc = 0.04–0.06.


Sign in / Sign up

Export Citation Format

Share Document