Microbiological risks increased by ammonia-oxidizing bacteria under global warming: The neglected issue in chloraminated drinking water distribution system

S Zheng, J Li, C Ye, X Xian, M Feng, X Yu - Science of The Total …, 2023 - Elsevier
A rising outbreak of waterborne diseases caused by global warming requires higher
microbial stability in the drinking water distribution system (DWDS). Chloramine disinfection …

Nitrification in premise plumbing: A review

TC Bradley, CN Haas, CM Sales - Water, 2020 - mdpi.com
Nitrification is a major issue that utilities must address if they utilize chloramines as a
secondary disinfectant. Nitrification is the oxidation of free ammonia to nitrite which is then …

Enhanced removal of cephalexin and sulfadiazine in nitrifying membrane-aerated biofilm reactors

B Wang, H Li, T Liu, J Guo - Chemosphere, 2021 - Elsevier
Nitrification process has been reported to be capable of degrading various pharmaceuticals
due to the cometabolism of ammonia-oxidizing bacteria (AOB). The membrane aerated …

Cometabolic biodegradation of cephalexin by enriched nitrifying sludge: process characteristics, gene expression and product biotoxicity

B Wang, BJ Ni, Z Yuan, J Guo - Science of the Total Environment, 2019 - Elsevier
The nitrifying systems have been reported to be able to biodegrade micropollutants, yet it is
still unclear about the cometabolism of ammonia-oxidizing bacteria (AOB) towards …

Succession of bacterial biofilm communities following removal of chloramine from a full-scale drinking water distribution system

T Rosenqvist, M Danielsson, C Schleich, J Ahlinder… - Npj Clean Water, 2023 - nature.com
Monochloramine is used to regulate microbial regrowth in drinking water distribution
systems (DWDS) but produces carcinogenic disinfection byproducts and constitutes a …

Biofilm formation and antioxidation were responsible for the increased resistance of N. eutropha to chloramination for drinking water treatment

S Zheng, J Li, W Yan, W Zhao, C Ye, X Yu - Water Research, 2024 - Elsevier
Chloramination is an effective strategy for eliminating pathogens from drinking water and
repressing their regrowth in water distribution systems. However, the inevitable release of …

[HTML][HTML] Decreased natural organic matter in water distribution decreases nitrite formation in non-disinfected conditions, via enhanced nitrite oxidation

PL Rantanen, MM Keinänen-Toivola, M Ahonen… - Water research X, 2020 - Elsevier
Nitrite in drinking water is a potentially harmful substance for humans, and controlling nitrite
formation in drinking water distribution systems (DWDSs) is highly important. The effect of …

Selective Enrichment of Nitrososphaera viennensis-Like Ammonia-Oxidizing Archaea over Ammonia-Oxidizing Bacteria from Drinking Water Biofilms

Y Woo, MC Cruz, S Wuertz - Microbiology Spectrum, 2022 - Am Soc Microbiol
Ammonia-oxidizing archaea (AOA) can oxidize ammonia to nitrite for energy gain. They
have been detected in chloraminated drinking water distribution systems (DWDS) along with …

Investigation of Chloramines, Disinfection Byproducts, and Nitrification in Chloraminated Drinking Water Distribution Systems

G Abulikemu, JH Mistry, DG Wahman… - Journal of …, 2023 - ascelibrary.org
Four chloraminated drinking water distribution systems (CDWDSs) required to maintain
numeric versus “detectable” residuals were spatially and temporally sampled for water …

Determination of monochloramine dissipation kinetics in various surface water qualities under relevant environmental conditions-Consequences regarding …

F Sacher, P Gerstner, M Merklinger, A Thoma… - Science of The Total …, 2019 - Elsevier
A total 190 experiments were performed to study the dissipation kinetics of monochloramine
(NH 2 Cl, CAS no 10599-90-3) in surface water samples from six rivers (Loire, Rhône …