From Analog to Digital in the World of Microbes
Being able to quickly determine water quality means great water-saving potential and strengthens preparedness against potential threats such as poisoning of drinking water.
Our projects
Sweden Water Research conducts research into water and develops new, effective solutions to meet the future challenges facing the water services industry.
We create, run, participate in and initiate projects that seek out suitable partnerships, with the ultimate aim of increasing knowledge of successful methods for the development and climate change adaptation of the cities of the future. Projects within Sweden Water Research are run in close collaboration with the owner municipalities and will, in either the short or the long term, benefit day-to-day operations.
Active filters
Result of filter: 11
Areas:
Biological stability of drinking water
Project types:
All project types
Implementation of online water quality measurement
The project advances online monitoring of drinking water quality through flow cytometric monitoring of microbial content in drinking water.
Super Quality Measuring Sites
This project has been a continuation on the work already done on the topic of “Super quality measuring sites”.
Rational microbial analysis for distribution of biostable quality drinking water
This project investigates the biological status of the drinking water distribution system, with a focus on biostability and measures for securing a stable drinking water quality.
Safe and smart pipe installation works
This project will describe and evaluate rapid methods for monitoring water quality that are directly linked to specific interventions in establishing new drinking water pipes.
The microbial bus journey
In this project we investigate whether or not the same groups of bacteria remain in the water drop from the water treatment plant to the last stop on the journey.
Källby Water Workshop, Lund
Källby Water Workshop is an innovative test bed and an arena where companies, universities and utilities can work together to develop the future measurement methods for drinking water quality.
Super Quality Measuring Sites
The project is developing a concept for online measurement of drinking water quality. Our vision is to be faster than the bacteria!
Biofilm in Water Utilities
Biofilms have been used for treating drinking water for more than 200 years, but we still don’t know much about how biofilms work. This project is using DNA sequencing and flow cytometry to increase knowledge and better understand the role of biofilms in effective, safe drinking water production.
Flow cytometry – a rapid method to study bacteria in water
This project will fractionate different parts of the fingerprint and look more specifically on which types of bacteria is present in certain fractions of the fingerprint with DNA sequencing.
UV irradiation as a microbial safety barrier
This was the PhD research project of Kristjan Pullerits. Kristjan was an industrial PhD student working for Sweden Water Research, Sydvatten and Lund University.