Two-year Monitoring of Microbiological Water Quality in Small Water Supply Systems: Implications for Microbial Risk Management.
Fecal indicator bacteria
Health risk
Microbiological water quality
Quantitative microbial risk assessment
Small water supply systems
Journal
Environmental management
ISSN: 1432-1009
Titre abrégé: Environ Manage
Pays: United States
ID NLM: 7703893
Informations de publication
Date de publication:
20 May 2024
20 May 2024
Historique:
received:
07
11
2023
accepted:
06
05
2024
medline:
20
5
2024
pubmed:
20
5
2024
entrez:
20
5
2024
Statut:
aheadofprint
Résumé
Small water supply systems (SWSSs) are often more vulnerable to waterborne disease outbreaks. In Japan, many SWSSs operate without regulation under the Waterworks Law, yet there is limited investigation into microbial contamination and the associated health risks. In this study, the microbiological water quality of four SWSSs that utilize mountain streams as water sources and do not install water treatment facilities were monitored for over 2 years. In investigated SWSSs, the mean heterotrophic plate counts were below 350 CFU/mL, and the total bacterial loads (16S rDNA concentration) ranged from 4.71 to 5.35 log
Identifiants
pubmed: 38767663
doi: 10.1007/s00267-024-01988-0
pii: 10.1007/s00267-024-01988-0
doi:
Types de publication
Journal Article
Langues
eng
Sous-ensembles de citation
IM
Subventions
Organisme : Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare
ID : MHLW LA Program Grant Number 20LA1005
Organisme : Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare
ID : MHLW LA Program Grant Number 20LA1005
Informations de copyright
© 2024. The Author(s), under exclusive licence to Springer Science+Business Media, LLC, part of Springer Nature.
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