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Emerging infectious diseases are defined as those whose documented incidence in humanshas increased during the past twenty years, or threatens to rise in the near future. Emerging viral pathogens include the caliciviruses such as Norwalk virus and other small round structured viruses (SRSVs). SRSVs also include the human astroviruses, coronaviruses, and the human enteric adenoviruses. Several bacterial genera such as Aeromonas, Mycobacterium, and Helicobacter have also been identified as emerging waterborne pathogens. This paper describes the removal of several emerging pathogens by pilot-scale conventionalcoagulation, flocculation, sedimentation, and granular media filtration. The primary goal of the paperis to show which emerging pathogens were the most difficult to remove and how the removal of emerging pathogens is related to turbidity control. Includes 18 references, tables, figures.

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Edition: Vol. - No. Published: 01/01/2000 Number of Pages: 16File Size: 1 file , 290 KB