Measurement of bacterial concentration with FLUIDION ALERT System - Milan site

The dataset includes data collected during the monitoring campaign in Milan in 2019 using ALERT and in 2021 campaign,  using ALERT V2, and laboratory determinations, performed in the laboratories of CAP. 

From September 2019 to January 2020 the ALERT LAB was tested, and its outcomes were compared with laboratory determinations. Bacteriological analyses of wastewater samples were performed by the Fluidion ALERT Lab device and in the microbiological laboratory of the CAP Group. The monitoring campaign was implemented in Line 2 of the WWTP, where three different sampling points were selected:
• IN-BIO: Before biological treatment, performed with BIOFOR system;
• IN-UV: Before the UV disinfection treatment;
• OUT-UV: After the UV disinfection treatment (i.e., the final wastewater effluent).

A lower number of samples was analysed also from the Line 1 of the WWTP. Sampling points were:
• IN-OXI: Before biological oxidation;
• IN-PAA: Before the disinfection treatment with peracetic acid;
• OUT-PAA: After the disinfection treatment with peracetic acid, corresponding to WWTP effluent.

The ALERT V2 SYSTEM has been installed in Peschiera Borromeo WWTP from July 2021 to September 2021, and its outcomes were compared with laboratory determinations.