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Quality of drinking water in Heiðmörk

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Monday, May 16, 2011, at 16:00 mun Hrólfur Sigurðsson from Matís will hold a master's lecture at the Faculty of Food and Nutrition at the University of Iceland on his project: "Analysis of measurement data in cold water quality control"

Master's lecture in the Faculty of Food and Nutrition / Hrólfur Sigurðsson

Starts: 16/05/2011 - 16:00
Ends: 16/05/2011 - 17:00
Location: Háskólatorgi
Further location: Room HT-101

Monday, May 16, 2011, at 16:00 mun Hrólfur Sigurðsson hold a master's lecture at the Faculty of Food and Nutrition at the University of Iceland on their project:

"Analysis of measurement data in cold water quality control"

Supervisors: Franklin Georgsson, Loftur Reimar Gissurarson

Examiner: Eyjólfur Reynisson

Guðjón Þorkelsson Associate Professor, directs the ceremony.

Abstract
The subject of the project is the microbial, chemical and physical quality of drinking water in Heiðmörk. The project is divided into three parts. In part one, an analysis is made of available measurement data from official inspections and internal inspections of Orkuveita Reykjavíkur's water supply in the capital area from the period 1997 - 2009. The processing of the data sought to answer questions about whether there have been significant changes in various microbial, chemical and the physical properties of drinking water over the last 13 years and a comparison with data from previous periods. In part two, a study was carried out on the microbial and physical quality of drinking water from the water intake area to several locations in Orkuveita Reykjavíkur's distribution system in the capital area. A special study was also conducted on different types of culture media in determining the total bacterial count. The purpose of this was to see the effect of the distribution system on the quality of the drinking water and to verify the results that came from project part one. In work part three, bacteria in the drinking water were species analyzed using molecular biological methods to obtain basic information about the microbial flora and its diversity in the drinking water from the Heiðmerkur area.

For further information Hrólfur Sigurðsson at Matís.

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