Toxic cyanobacteria (blue-green algae) have now been reported in 27 countries and are found
on all continents, including Antarctica. Drinking water authorities world-wide are faced with
the challenge of treating contaminated water, or the possibility of a toxic bloom occurring
sometime in the future. Knowledge of reliable treatment options, applicable in a range of
conditions, for the toxins produced by cyanobacteria (cyanotoxins), is of crucial importance to
the international water industry.
In this work a range of treatment options was investigated for the most commonly identified
algal toxins in drinking water sources, the microcystins. A study of the adsorption of
cylindrospermopsin and the saxitoxin class of cyanotoxins onto six powdered activated
carbons (PACs) is also reported.
| Edition : | Vol. - No. |
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| Number of Pages : | 5 |
| Published : | 11/01/2002 |
