AQUASCREEN – Developing a Visionary Approach for Quality Testing in Drinking Water Supply
Abstract
The biostability of water, i.e. the ability to store and distribute water without negative microbiological quality changes, is a crucial aspect in public water supply. Biostability is important for the esthetical characteristics of water (e.g. good taste and appearance) and it is essential to protect public health (i.e. conditions to not support the growth of facultative pathogens, such as Pseudomonas aeruginosa). The methods for the determination of biostability of water still suffer from major technical shortcomings and require significant future improvements. Due to a permanent increase of ground water temperature, caused by the global change (on average 0.05C° per year), growth of facultative pathogens is likely increasing in drinking water. The improved possibility to analyze and predict the growth potential of facultative pathogens in ground- and drinking water is thus becoming more important. This research project aims to develop and evaluate a new innovative approach to determine the biostability of ground- and drinking water by using up-to-date high-throughput DNA sequencing technology to screen and predict for bacterial population changes. To enable the tracking of biochemical key-processes in water supply, the possibility to combine the “basic module” with high-resolution chemical analysis will be determined as well. The main focus of AQUASCREEN is directed towards drinking water recourses which have significance in Lower Austria (i.e. well water, spring water, ground water).
keywords Potable Water Biostability Water Supply Water Safety Plans
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Project staff
Wolfgang Kandler
Ass.Prof. Dipl.-Ing. Dr.techn. Wolfgang Kandler
wolfgang.kandler@boku.ac.at
Tel: +43 1 47654-97308
BOKU Project Leader
01.09.2018 - 28.02.2021
Michael Sulyok
Dipl.-Ing. Dr.techn. Michael Sulyok
michael.sulyok@boku.ac.at
Tel: +43 1 47654-97312
Project Staff
01.09.2018 - 28.02.2021