ArticleACS ES&T engineering2025
Reverse Osmosis in an Advanced Water Treatment Train Produces a Simple, Consistent Microbial Community.
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- Membrane filtration reduces nutrient availability and invasion potential in drinking water systems, without affecting mature biofilms.Frontiers in microbiology · 2025Article
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Abstract
Potable water reuse has become a key component of water sustainability planning in arid regions. Many advanced water purification facilities use reverse osmosis (RO) as part of treatment, including as a barrier for microorganisms; however, regrowth after RO treatment has been observed. Questions remain about the identity, source, and survival mechanisms of microorganisms in RO permeate, but the extremely low biomass of this water is a limitation for common microbiological methods. Here, we performed high-throughput sequencing on samples collected throughout a potable reuse train, including samples collected by filtering large volumes of RO permeate and biomass collected from RO membranes during an autopsy. We observed a stable, consistent microbial community across three months and in two parallel RO trains. RO permeate samples contained Burkholderiaceae at high relative abundance, including one
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