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Project #3181

Field Study of Improved Methods to Detect Infectious Group F Adenovirus in Water: Phase 2 of Project #3177

$333,306
Completed
Principal Investigator
Mark
Sobsey
Research Manager
Jian Zhang, PE, Ph.D.
Contractor
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Microbes & Pathogens
Advanced Treatment
Treatment
Monitoring
Final Report

Abstract

Phase 1 of the project (Project #3177) developed quantitative real-time PCR assays to detect Group F adenoviruses in water. Phase 2 of the project (Project #3181) focused on the occurrence of adenovirus in source waters, and developed treatment protocols for effective inactivation of adenoviruses by various combinations of UV, chlorine, chlorine dioxide, chloramine, and ozone. Phase 2 was published in 2012.