

@article {1279,
	title = {Detection of infectious human adenoviruses in tertiary-treated and ultraviolet-disinfected wastewater},
	journal = {Water Environ Res},
	volume = {75},
	number = {2},
	year = {2003},
	note = {Thompson, Shawn S Jackson, James L Suva-Castillo, Mila Yanko, William A El Jack, Ziad Kuo, Jeff Chen, Ching-Lin Williams, Fred P Schnurr, David P United States Water environment research : a research publication of the Water Environment Federation Water Environ Res. 2003 Mar-Apr;75(2):163-70.},
	pages = {163-70},
	type = {Journal Article},
	abstract = {A pilot-scale study investigating the use of low-pressure, high-intensity UV radiation for disinfection of urban wastewater was conducted. The inactivation of coliform bacteria, wastewater-indigenous enteric viruses, seeded poliovirus, and seeded F-specific coliphage was studied. During the course of the pilot study, infectious human adenoviruses were isolated from 15 of 16 large-volume samples of UV-disinfected secondary- and tertiary-treated wastewater. Half of the tertiary-treated, UV-disinfected effluent samples from which the adenoviruses were isolated had total coliform concentrations that complied with California{\textquoteright}s Water Recycling Criteria. To determine the relative UV resistance of the adenovirus isolates, purified viruses were seeded into tertiary-treated waste-water and exposed to low-pressure, high-intensity, collimated UV radiation. A dose of approximately 170 mW-s/cm2 was required to achieve 99.99\% inactivation. These findings suggest that UV doses effective at meeting certain wastewater regulations for total coliform bacteria may not provide suitable inactivation of the UV-resistant human adenoviruses.},
	issn = {1061-4303 (Print) 1061-4303 (Linking)},
	author = {Thompson, S. S. and Jackson, J. L. and Suva-Castillo, M. and Yanko, W. A. and El Jack, Z. and Kuo, J. and Chen, C. L. and Williams, F. P. and D P Schnurr}
}
