Using Microbial Surrogates for the Wrong Reasons: The Risk in T1 as UV Challenge Microbe for Waste Water

摘要

Bioassay validation of UV disinfection reactors has become standard practice for municipal drinking water and waste water reuse applications. It is also now finding acceptance in municipal waste water applications, borrowing from the experience gained in the former applications. However, some of the translated experience is being mis-applied, namely the unqualified use of T1 bacteriophage as a validation challenge surrogate for waste water.