{"id":2027,"date":"2021-05-05T18:35:58","date_gmt":"2021-05-05T10:35:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/nus.edu.sg\/neri\/?page_id=2027"},"modified":"2024-07-29T12:36:47","modified_gmt":"2024-07-29T04:36:47","slug":"control-of-antibiotic-resistance-in-drinking-water","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.nus.edu.sg\/neri\/control-of-antibiotic-resistance-in-drinking-water\/","title":{"rendered":"Control of Antibiotic Resistance in Drinking Water"},"content":{"rendered":"\n\n\t\t\t\t\t<ul id=\"menu-research\"><li id=\"menu-item-133\"><a href=\"https:\/\/nus.edu.sg\/neri\/research\/research-tracks\/\">Research Tracks<\/a>\n<ul>\n\t<li id=\"menu-item-134\"><a href=\"https:\/\/nus.edu.sg\/neri\/research\/environmental-surveillance-treatment\/\">Environmental Surveillance and Treatment<\/a><\/li>\n\t<li id=\"menu-item-198\"><a href=\"https:\/\/nus.edu.sg\/neri\/research\/environmental-human-health\/\">Environmental and Human Health<\/a><\/li>\n\t<li id=\"menu-item-169\"><a href=\"https:\/\/nus.edu.sg\/neri\/research\/resource-recovery-and-circular-economy\/\">Resource Recovery and Circular Economy<\/a><\/li>\n\t<li id=\"menu-item-200\"><a href=\"https:\/\/nus.edu.sg\/neri\/research\/impact-climate-change\/\">Climate Change and the Environment<\/a><\/li>\n\t<li id=\"menu-item-199\"><a href=\"https:\/\/nus.edu.sg\/neri\/research\/food-energy-and-water-nexus\/\">Food, Energy and Water Nexus in Urban Farming<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li id=\"menu-item-471\"><a href=\"https:\/\/nus.edu.sg\/neri\/initiatives\/\">Programmes<\/a>\n<ul>\n\t<li id=\"menu-item-754\"><a href=\"https:\/\/nus.edu.sg\/neri\/research\/e2s2\/\">E2S2<\/a><\/li>\n\t<li id=\"menu-item-3142\"><a href=\"https:\/\/nus.edu.sg\/neri\/covid-19-wastewater-surveillance-programme\/\">Covid-19 wastewater surveillance programme<\/a><\/li>\n\t<li id=\"menu-item-3609\"><a href=\"https:\/\/nus.edu.sg\/neri\/intprep-organization\/\">INTPREP<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li id=\"menu-item-331\"><a href=\"https:\/\/nus.edu.sg\/neri\/research\/publications\/\">Publications<\/a><\/li>\n<li id=\"menu-item-332\"><a href=\"https:\/\/nus.edu.sg\/neri\/research\/research-features\/\">Research Features<\/a><\/li>\n<li id=\"menu-item-602\"><a href=\"https:\/\/nus.edu.sg\/neri\/research\/facilities\/\">Laboratory Facilities<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\t\n\t<h2>\n\t\t<strong>Control of Antibiotic Resistance in Drinking Water<\/strong>\n\t<\/h2>\n\t<h6>Antibiotic resistant bacteria (ARB) and antibiotic resistance genes (ARGs) can potentially spread through the drinking water system, from source to drinking water treatment plants and even to the tap. The presence of ARB and ARGs through this route could cause health risks to human. Continuous exposure to high levels of antibiotics is suggested to be the main reason leading to build up of antibiotic resistance. To date, there are still in consistent findings on the widespread of antibiotic resistance and trace antibiotic concentrations in the drinking water system. Controlling ARB\/ARGs has shown to be highly complex. Even when the bacteria carrying ARGs have been inactivated, DNA released from the cell may persist in certain environment compositions. These free DNA may be captured by other bacteria, resulting in the persistence of antibiotic resistance. It is thus of great importance for the water industry to understand the presence of ARB\/ARGs in drinking water and control them with effective measures.<\/h6>\n<p>This ongoing research aims to conduct a comprehensive assessment of ARB\/ARGs occurrence, reveal their development\/dissemination\/persistence mechanisms, and develop a novel treatment strategy for ARB\/ARGs control in the drinking water system. The disinfection with advanced ultraviolet (UV) technology is a potential control technology providing fast and effective inactivation of ARB and degradation of ARGs.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/nus.edu.sg\/neri\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/Prof-Hu-Fig-1_Crop-300x232.jpg\" alt=\"Prof Hu Fig 1_Crop\" itemprop=\"image\" title=\"Prof Hu Fig 1_Crop\" onerror=\"this.style.display='none'\"  \/>\n\t\n\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/nus.edu.sg\/neri\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/2-5-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"Control of Antibiotic Resistance in Drinking Water - 2\" itemprop=\"image\" title=\"Control of Antibiotic Resistance in Drinking Water - 2\" onerror=\"this.style.display='none'\"  \/>\n\t\n\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/nus.edu.sg\/neri\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/Prof-Hu-Fig-3_Crop-300x173.jpg\" alt=\"Prof Hu Fig 3_Crop\" itemprop=\"image\" title=\"Prof Hu Fig 3_Crop\" onerror=\"this.style.display='none'\"  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