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Sensitivity of quantitative microbial risk assessments to assumptions about exposure to multiple consumption events per day by Van Abel, N, Blokker, E J M, Smeets, P W M H, Meschke, J S, Medema, G J

“…Quantitative microbial risk assessments (QMRAs) of contaminated drinking water usually assume the daily intake volume is consumed once a day. However,…”
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Practical applications of quantitative microbial risk assessment (QMRA) for water safety plans by Smeets, P W M H, Rietveld, L C, van Dijk, J C, Medema, G J

“…The absence of indicator organisms in drinking water does not provide sufficient guarantee for microbial safety. Therefore the water utilities are implementing…”
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Inactivation of bacteriophage MS2 upon exposure to very low concentrations of chlorine dioxide by Hornstra, L.M., Smeets, P.W.M.H., Medema, G.J.

“…This study investigates the effects of very low concentrations of ClO 2 applied in drinking water practice on the inactivation of bacteriophage MS2…”
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Critical parameters in the production of ceramic pot filters for household water treatment in developing countries by Soppe, A I A, Heijman, S G J, Gensburger, I, Shantz, A, van Halem, D, Kroesbergen, J, Wubbels, G H, Smeets, P W M H

“…The need to improve the access to safe water is generally recognized for the benefit of public health in developing countries. This study's objective was to…”
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The Dutch secret: how to provide safe drinking water without chlorine in the Netherlands by Smeets, P. W. M. H., Medema, G. J., van Dijk, J. C.

“…The Netherlands is one of the few countries where chlorine is not used at all, neither for primary disinfection nor to maintain a residual disinfectant in the…”
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Comment on: Describing water treatment process performance: Why average log-reduction can be a misleading statistic by Schmidt, P.J., Anderson, W.B. and Emelko, M.B. (Water Res, on-line 115702, 2020) by Smeets, P.W.M.H., Hijnen, W.A.M., Petterson, S.R.

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Bacteria and virus removal effectiveness of ceramic pot filters with different silver applications in a long term experiment by van der Laan, H., van Halem, D., Smeets, P.W.M.H., Soppe, A.I.A., Kroesbergen, J., Wubbels, G., Nederstigt, J., Gensburger, I., Heijman, S.G.J.

“…In 2012 more than 4 million people used a ceramic pot filter (CPF) as household water treatment system for their daily drinking water needs. In the normal…”
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Inactivation of Escherichia coli by ozone under bench-scale plug flow and full-scale hydraulic conditions by Smeets, P.W.M.H., van der Helm, A.W.C., Dullemont, Y.J., Rietveld, L.C., van Dijk, J.C., Medema, G.J.

“…To determine the disinfection efficacy of ozonation, water companies can apply several disinfection calculation methods. The goal of this study was to evaluate…”
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Increasing Water System Robustness in the Netherlands: Potential of Cross-Sectoral Water Reuse by Pronk, G. J., Stofberg, S. F., Van Dooren, T. C. G. W., Dingemans, M. M. L., Frijns, J., Koeman-Stein, N. E., Smeets, P. W. M. H., Bartholomeus, R. P.

“…Water reuse has the potential to substantially reduce the demand on groundwater and surface water. This study presents a method to evaluate the potential of…”
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How current risk assessment and risk management methods for drinking water in The Netherlands cover the WHO water safety plan approach by van den Berg, H.H.J.L., Friederichs, L., Versteegh, J.F.M., Smeets, P.W.M.H., de Roda Husman, A.M.

“…In the Netherlands, safe and sufficient drinking water is provided to the general population by ten drinking water companies. To guarantee safe drinking water…”
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Improved methods for modelling drinking water treatment in quantitative microbial risk assessment; a case study of Campylobacter reduction by filtration and ozonation by Smeets, P W M H, Dullemont, Y J, Van Gelder, P H A J M, Van Dijk, J C, Medema, G J

“…Quantitative microbial risk assessment (QMRA) is increasingly applied to estimate drinking water safety. In QMRA the risk of infection is calculated from…”
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How can the UK statutory Cryptosporidium monitoring be used for Quantitative Risk Assessment of Cryptosporidium in drinking water? by Smeets, P W M H, van Dijk, J C, Stanfield, G, Rietveld, L C, Medema, G J

“…Quantitative Microbiological Risk Assessment (QMRA) is increasingly being used to complement traditional verification of drinking water safety through the…”
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Modeling of Ozonation for Dissolved Ozone Dosing by van der Helm, A.W.C., Smeets, P.W.M.H., Baars, E.T., Rietveld, L.C., van Dijk, J.C.

“…Experimental research was carried out for calibration and validation of a model describing ozone decay and ozone exposure (CT), decrease in UV absorbance at…”
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Assessment of Cryptosporidium in wastewater reuse for drinking water purposes: A case study for the city of Amsterdam, The Netherlands by Rietveld, L C, Meijer, L, Smeets, P W M H, van der Hoek, J P

“…Wastewater reuse is becoming increasingly important for supplementing drinking water supply needs and/or to reduce costs in many communities around the world…”
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Combined use of microbiological and non-microbiological data to assess treatment efficacy by Smeets, W M H, Medema, G J

“…The treatment efficacy for reducing Campylobacter concentrations by a drinking water treatment plant was assessed using a stochastic Monte Carlo model. The…”
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