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"QUICK-RESPONSE" METHODS FOR MEASURING THE MICROBIAL POLLUTION OF DRINKING WATER AND PROBLEMS OF MICROBIAL POLLUTION IN CLOSED COOLING SYSTEMS

Objetivo

STUDY OF MICROBIAL POLLUTION IN CLOSED INDUSTRIAL COOLING SYSTEMS.

THE PROPOSED RESEARCH WILL COVER TWO TOPICS:

DEVELOPMENTS OF "QUICK-RESPONSE" INSTRUMENTAL METHODS FOR MEASURING:

- TOTAL MICROBIAL BIOMASS VIA ATP MEASURING TECHNIQUES OR OTHER SPECIFIC BIOCHEMICAL INDICATORS IN CASE OF VERY HIGH LEVELS OF POLLUTANTS;

- DEVELOPMENT OF NEW METHODS USING CULTURES IN LIQUID MEDIUM WITH INSTRUMENTAL DETECTION OF ELECTROCHEMICALLY DETECTABLE METABOLITES,

- SPECIFIC MICROBIAL BIOMASS (COLIFORMS AND E. COLI) USING THE ELECTROCHEMICAL DETECTION METHOD OF WILKINS.

STUDY OF THE MICROBIOLOGICAL CONTAMINATION OF WATER IN CLOSED INDUSTRIAL COOLING SYSTEMS:

- TO SOLVE TYPICAL CASES IN THE FOLLOWING INDUSTRIES: PULP AND PAPER, CHEMICAL AND AGRO-ALIMENTARY INDUSTRIES, METALLURGY;

- TO IDENTIFY THE PROCESSES OF MICROBIOLOGICAL CONTAMINATION;

- TO STUDY PREVENTIVE AND CURATIVE SOLUTIONS IN DEFINING THE EXTENT OF THE USE OF INORGANIC AND ORGANIC BIOCIDS AND AN OPTIMAL STRATEGY FOR THEIR USE TO SOLVE PRACTICAL PROBLEMS.

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CSC - Cost-sharing contracts

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INSTITUT DE RECHERCHES HYDROLOGIQUES
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Rue Gabriel Péri 11 BIS
54500 Vandoeuvre-les-Nancy
Francia

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