Shock chlorination
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Introduction
From swimming pools to wells, chlorine is a common chemical used to disinfect water sources.
Microbial agents
Helicobacter pylori
Electron micrograph of Helicobacter pylori, a microbe commonly found in public water sources. Courtesy: Timothy Hoover (Franklin College)
Cryptosporidium
Immunofluorescence of Cryptosporidium, the microbe that caused an epidemic in Milwaukee in 1993. Over 104 deaths were credited to the waterborne microbe . Courtesy: H.D.A Lindquist (EPA)
Methods
Success rates
Alternative methods
References
Edited by Erika Jensen, student of Joan Slonczewski for BIOL 116 Information in Living Systems, 2013, Kenyon College.
