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WEDC Guide No. 33: Membrane filtration

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Faecal matter is an indicator of many diseases that are transmitted by the faecal-oral route, so if faecal organisms are found in water we can assume that disease-causing organisms, commonly called ‘pathogens’, are also present. Membrane filtration is a means of testing the quality of water for faecal contamination and therefore a way of determining whether a water supply is safe, or whether the water needs treating before consumption. This guide presents an overview of the process.

© WEDC, Loughborough University, 2017

Authors: Brian Reed, Michael Smith and Rod Shaw

Photography: Ken Chatterton

Illustrations: Rod Shaw

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  • Architecture, Building and Civil Engineering

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  • Water, Engineering and Development Centre (WEDC)

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WEDC Guide

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© WEDC, Loughborough University

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  • VoR (Version of Record)

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This work is made available according to the conditions of the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International (CC BY-NC-ND 4.0) licence. Full details of this licence are available at: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/

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2017

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This guide was published by the Water, Engineering and Development Centre (WEDC) at Loughborough University.

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9781911252115

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WEDC_ID:22607

Language

  • en

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