MUWS (Microbiology in Urban Water Systems) – an interdisciplinary approach to study microbial communities in urban water systems

Drinking Water Engineering and Science

R.Sekar¹  S.Tait¹  H. S.Jensen¹  J. B.Boxall¹  P.Deines¹  C. A.Biggs¹  A. M.Osborn¹ 

DOI  :  10.5194/dwes-3-91-2010

学科分类：工程和技术（综合）

来源: Copernicus Publications

【 摘 要 】

Microbiology in Urban Water Systems(MUWS) is an integrated project, which aims to characterize themicroorganisms found in both potable water distribution systems and sewernetworks. These large infrastructure systems have a major impact on ourquality of life, and despite the importance of these systems as majorcomponents of the water cycle, little is known about their microbialecology. Potable water distribution systems and sewer networks are bothlarge, highly interconnected, dynamic, subject to time and varying inputsand demands, and difficult to control. Their performance also facesincreasing loading due to increasing urbanization and longer-termenvironmental changes. Therefore, understanding the link between microbialecology and any potential impacts on short or long-term engineeringperformance within urban water infrastructure systems is important. Bycombining the strengths and research expertise of civil-, biochemicalengineers and molecular microbial ecologists, we ultimately aim to linkmicrobial community abundance, diversity and function to physical andengineering variables so that novel insights into the performance andmanagement of both water distribution systems and sewer networks can beexplored. By presenting the details and principals behind the molecularmicrobiological techniques that we use, this paper demonstrates thepotential of an integrated approach to better understand how urban watersystem function, and so meet future challenges.

【 授权许可】

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