TY - JOUR
T1 - Assessing biological stability in a porous groundwater aquifer of a riverbank filtration system: combining traditional cultivation-based and emerging cultivation-independent in situ and predictive methods
AU - Kirschner, Alexander K. T.
AU - Lindner, Gerhard
AU - Jakwerth, Stefan
AU - Vierheilig, Julia
AU - van Driezum, Inge H.
AU - Derx, Julia
AU - Blaschke, Alfred Paul
AU - Savio, Domenico
AU - Farnleitner, Andreas H.
PY - 2021
Y1 - 2021
N2 - Riverbank filtration systems are important drinking water resources. Aquifers of riverbank filtration systems are subjected to considerable dynamics concerning the quantity and quality of the infiltrating water. The microbiological quality is mainly jeopardized by faecal contamination of the main river. Besides, water quality can be impacted by growth of natural water-borne bacteria due to the input of nutrients resulting in the proliferation of opportunistic pathogens, impairment of odour and taste or bio-corrosion. The occurrence of such phenomena indicates a biological instability. For highly dynamic riverbank filtration systems, it is thus of high relevance to assess the biological stability of the groundwater resource.
AB - Riverbank filtration systems are important drinking water resources. Aquifers of riverbank filtration systems are subjected to considerable dynamics concerning the quantity and quality of the infiltrating water. The microbiological quality is mainly jeopardized by faecal contamination of the main river. Besides, water quality can be impacted by growth of natural water-borne bacteria due to the input of nutrients resulting in the proliferation of opportunistic pathogens, impairment of odour and taste or bio-corrosion. The occurrence of such phenomena indicates a biological instability. For highly dynamic riverbank filtration systems, it is thus of high relevance to assess the biological stability of the groundwater resource.
U2 - 10.1007/s00506-021-00801-0
DO - 10.1007/s00506-021-00801-0
M3 - Journal article
SN - 1613-7566
VL - 73
SP - 490
EP - 500
JO - Österreichische Wasser- und Abfallwirtschaft
JF - Österreichische Wasser- und Abfallwirtschaft
ER -