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A Study on Antimicrobial Effects of Nanosilver for Drinking Water Disinfection

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The significance of disinfection has been well recognized since one hundred years ago when epidemics (e.g. typhoid and cholera) were common and accounted for catastrophic death in the whole world. Drinking water treatment technology has been improving over time and a wide range of disinfectants and technologies have emerged and been applied by water utilities.

I am also grateful for the support from IWA Publishing. Part of this thesis was reproduced from Y. Xu, X.-N. Chu, J.-Y. Hu and S.L. Ong (2014) “Disinfection Performance of Nanosilver and Impacts of Environmental Conditions on Viral Inactivation by Nanosilver”. Water Science & Technology Vol. 14, pp. 150–157, with permission from the copyright holders, IWA publishing.

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Yang, X. (2017). Introduction. In: A Study on Antimicrobial Effects of Nanosilver for Drinking Water Disinfection. Springer Theses. Springer, Singapore. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-10-2902-8_1

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