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Mixed second-order kinetics were unable to fit the batch data or to predict the completely mixed reactor results for yeast and the bacterium. Both multi-target kinetics and series-event kinetics predicted the inactivation of all three organisms in the completely mixed reactor using kinetic parameters developed from batch data.","The degree of mixing affected the efficiency of the flow-through reactor. Two mixing conditions were tested. One of these mixing conditions yielded a more poorly mixed reactor than the other. However, in the poorly mixed condition, dye tracer studies indicated complete mixing, and in waters with low UV absorbance, the inactivation of E. coli and f2 virus was respectively, 200 and 10 times greater than predicted for a completely mixed reactor. With rapid reactions, dye tracer studies are inadequate as a sole indicator of the mixing regime. 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