This research examined the quality of water—before and after distribution—of four drinking-water production plants located in Northern Italy, two of which collected water from local aquifers and two from the River Po. A battery of genotoxicity assays for monitoring drinking-water was performed to assess the quality of the water produced by the treatment plants under study. Three different sampling stations were selected at each plant, one right at the outlet of the treatment plant and two along with the distribution pipelines. Raw river water was also sampled and analysed as a control. The water samples (500 l) were concentrated on silica C18 cartridges and the extracts were tested in in vitro mutagenicity assays (Salmonella/microsome assay with strains TA 98 and TA 100; SOS Chromotest with Escherichia coli strain PQ37); gene conversion, point mutation and mitochondrial DNA mutability assays with the diploid Saccharomyces cerevisiae strain D7 and a toxicity test using the bioluminescent bacterium Vibrio fischeri (MicrotoxTM ). The MicrotoxTM test and the mitochondrial DNA mutability assay showed the greatest sensitivity towards toxic or mutagenic substances in thewater extracts considered. The results showthat this battery of short-term tests is applicable in the routine monitoring of drinking-water quality before and after distribution.

Detection of mutagens in water-distribution systems after disinfection / Guzzella, L; DI CATERINO, F; Monarca, S; Zani, C; Feretti, D; Zerbini, I; Nardi, G; Buschini, Annamaria; Poli, Paola; Rossi, Carlo. - In: MUTATION RESEARCH. - ISSN 0027-5107. - 608:(2006), pp. 72-81. [10.1016/j.mrgentox.2006.05.010]

Detection of mutagens in water-distribution systems after disinfection

BUSCHINI, Annamaria;POLI, Paola;ROSSI, Carlo
2006-01-01

Abstract

This research examined the quality of water—before and after distribution—of four drinking-water production plants located in Northern Italy, two of which collected water from local aquifers and two from the River Po. A battery of genotoxicity assays for monitoring drinking-water was performed to assess the quality of the water produced by the treatment plants under study. Three different sampling stations were selected at each plant, one right at the outlet of the treatment plant and two along with the distribution pipelines. Raw river water was also sampled and analysed as a control. The water samples (500 l) were concentrated on silica C18 cartridges and the extracts were tested in in vitro mutagenicity assays (Salmonella/microsome assay with strains TA 98 and TA 100; SOS Chromotest with Escherichia coli strain PQ37); gene conversion, point mutation and mitochondrial DNA mutability assays with the diploid Saccharomyces cerevisiae strain D7 and a toxicity test using the bioluminescent bacterium Vibrio fischeri (MicrotoxTM ). The MicrotoxTM test and the mitochondrial DNA mutability assay showed the greatest sensitivity towards toxic or mutagenic substances in thewater extracts considered. The results showthat this battery of short-term tests is applicable in the routine monitoring of drinking-water quality before and after distribution.
2006
Detection of mutagens in water-distribution systems after disinfection / Guzzella, L; DI CATERINO, F; Monarca, S; Zani, C; Feretti, D; Zerbini, I; Nardi, G; Buschini, Annamaria; Poli, Paola; Rossi, Carlo. - In: MUTATION RESEARCH. - ISSN 0027-5107. - 608:(2006), pp. 72-81. [10.1016/j.mrgentox.2006.05.010]
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