ORGANIC MATTER QUALITY AND SURVIVAL OF COLIFORMS IN LOW-NUTRITIVE WATERS

BOUALAM M. / FASS S. / SABY S. / et al. - ARTICLE DE PERIODIQUE - 2003

The objective of this work was to underscore the importance of the quality of dissolved organic matter present in specific, low-nutritive waters conseying organic fractions of different origins from which an unknown part is likely to pass through the treatment barrier on coliform bacteria behaviour. Results confirm the important effect of the dissolved organic matter origin on the microbiological stability in low-nutritive waters such as drinking water.