ABSTRACT
Adenosine triphosphate (ATP) method was subsequently used to monitor bacterial growth potential (BGP) in seawater using an indigenous microbial consortium. Afterwards, the ATP-based BGP method was applied to assess the pre-treatment of several full-scale seawater reverse osmosis (SWRO) desalination plants. The developed ATP methods were used to measure BGP employing an indigenous microbial consortium. The method comprises four main steps including bacterial inactivation, bacterial inoculation, incubation, and bacterial growth monitoring based on microbial ATP measurement. In this research, the pre-treatment trains of five full-scale SWRO plants and one pilot scale plant were monitored. All six plants had open intakes and different pre-treatment processes. Bacterial growth potential in seawater, using an indigenous microbial consortium, was successfully measured based on the developed microbial ATP method.
