Guest Editor:
Dr. Günter Gunkel
INWERT Institute for Biological Drinking Water Quality,
45721 Haltern am See, Germany
guenter.gunkel@ water-qualitycontrol.de
Evaluation of Invertebrates in Drinking Water Networks
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 28 February 2022
Drinking water quality is threatened by raw water contamination as well as by the insufficient biological water stability during distribution in the drinking water
networks. This includes the outflow of organic carbon (DOC, organisms) from the water treatment plant and the growth of biofilm and, of high significance, the development of a pipe invertebrate
community. Most of the pipe inhabitants found in drinking water systems are typical freshwater organisms that do not occur in raw water are also therefore not typical for drinking water treatment
filters. Frequency of macroinvertebrate introduction into drinking water networks is rare; the main problem is growth and mass development of introduced species and their propagation within the
network. Harmful species are water lice, snails, chironomids, worms (oligochaetes, nematodes), water fleas, ciliates, and naked amoebae, among others […]
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