Mineralization of sand particles boosts microbial water filtration
Friday, October 10, 2014 - 13:30
in Physics & Chemistry
Mineral coatings on sand particles actually encourage microbial activity in the rapid sand filters that are used to treat groundwater for drinking, according to a paper. These findings resoundingly refute, for the first time, the conventional wisdom that the mineral deposits interfere with microbial colonization of the sand particles.