EVALUATION OF THE CORPS OF ENGINEERS MOBILE WATER PURIFICATION UNIT FOR THE REMOVAL OF PATHOGENIC BIOLOGICAL WARFARE AGENTS FORM WATER “SALTY DOG Ⅱ”

摘要

It was concluded that the U.S. corps of engineers mobile water purification unit will remove, kill, or inactivate Escherichia coli, salmonella typhosa, coxiella burnetti, or clostridium botulinum taxin in water when operated according to the normal procedures of continuous coagulation, diatomite filtration, and chlorination to a residual of 1 ppm.nThe work accomplished was without precedent. Additional studies are planned for such times as new BW agents become available.