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Internet Resources on Wastewater Microbiology

MiDAS: Field Guide to the Microbes of Activated Sludge and Anaerobic Digesters
A guide to the microbial ecology of the engineered ecosystems of activated sludge plants, anaerobic digesters, and related wastewater treatment systems.
U.S. EPA: Microbiological Methods and Online Publications
Methods to detect, characterize, and study bacteria, protozoans, viruses and coliphage.
U.S EPA: A-Z Index of Water-Related Topics
Information on waterborne diseases and pathogens, as well as chemical contaminants.
U.S. EPA: Anaerobic Digestion
Explains how anaerobic digestion works, describes anaerobic digesters, and discusses how the process is used in waste management.

E-books on Water & Wastewater Microbiology

Activated Sludge - 100 Years and Counting by David Jenkins (Editor); Jiri Wanner (Editor)
ISBN: 178040493X
Publication Date: 2014
Antimicrobial Resistance in Wastewater Treatment Processes by Patricia L. Keen (Editor); Raphaël Fugère (Editor)
Call Number: E-book
ISBN: 1119192439
Publication Date: 2017
Biosolids Treatment Processes by Lawrence K. Wang (Editor); Nazih K. Shammas (Editor); Yung-Tse Hung (Editor)
ISBN: 1588293963
Publication Date: 2007
Environmental Biotechnology: Principles and Applications by Perry L. McCarty; Bruce E. Rittmann
ISBN: 1260440591
Publication Date: 2018
Manual of Environmental Microbiology by Marylynn V. Yates (Editor-In-Chief)
Call Number: E-book
ISBN: 1555816029
Publication Date: 2016
Wastewater and Public Health: Bacterial and Pharmaceutical Exposures by Victor M. Monsalvo (Editor)
Call Number: E-book
ISBN: 177188164X
Publication Date: 2015

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