CONTAMINATION POTENTIAL OF BIOFILMS IN WATER DISTRIBUTION SYSTEMS

Biofilms provide a possible habitat for relevant microbes in which they can persist and even multiply - effect of chlorine treatment - description and characteristics (environmental conditions, waterborne disease) of organisms in drinking water biofilms: legionella pneumophila, coliforms, aeromonas, mycobacteria, heliocobacter pylori, cryptosporidium, viruses (hepatitus, Norwalk virus, enteric virus) ameobia.