Coliform News
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Bacterial persistence in streams, say SSSA
A research team from the University of Tennessee (UT) has completed a study on an East Tennessee river to determine the connection between watershed hydrology and fecal bacteria statistical time series analysis. Shesh Koirala and colleagues report their findings in the July-August issue of the Journal of Environmental Quality. The article presents a study of the temporal patterns and statistical ...
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Bacteria in water test for eColi
Industrial Test Systems, Inc. (ITS) announces a new, USEPA compliant method for presence/absence determination of Total Coliforms and E. coli in water – EZ Coliform Cult – MUG Test. Each test consists of a sterilized, ready-to-use 120mL bottle containing a premeasured amount of growth media. To run the test simply add the water sample, cap the bottle and then incubate at 35°C for 24 hours (or ...
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Easychem COLI online analyzer
Easychem Coli online is an analyzer for Presence Absence (P/A) detection of coliforms in water and to quantify their contamination by automated Most Probable Number (MPN) statistical technique. Easychem Coli online simultaneously detects both Total Coliforms (TC) and Escherichia coli (EC) or Faecal Coliforms (FC) in water and wastewater. MPN results are provided in 15-18 hours, according to the ...
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New EPA guidance addresses Revised Total Coliform Rule
An interim final version of guidance from the US Environmental Protection Agency aims to help public water systems and primacy agencies comply with and implement the assessment and corrective action requirements of the Revised Total Coliform Rule. Under the RTCR, public water systems that are vulnerable to microbial contamination in the distribution system (as indicated by their monitoring ...
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Bacteria in water test for eColi
Industrial Test Systems, Inc. (ITS) announces a new, USEPA compliant method for presence/absence determination of Total Coliforms and E. coli in water – EZ Coliform Cult – MUG Test. Each test consists of a sterilized, ready-to-use 120mL bottle containing a premeasured amount of growth media. To run the test simply add the water sample, cap the bottle and then incubate at 35°C for ...
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Technical Announcement: Bacteria No Match for Deep Floridan Aquifer
A first of its kind study has the potential to impact future regulatory decisions on disinfection practices for water prior to its recharge or following its storage in the Floridan Aquifer. The U.S Geological Survey report found that coliform bacteria die off faster in a regional aquifer system than was previously known, though a small percentage survives. One of the state's regulatory criteria ...
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Latest summary of EPA actions to ensure safe drinking water in Utah (UT)
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency Region 8 issued 3 administrative orders and 3 notices of violation in Utah from October 1, 2009 through March 31, 2010, under the Safe Drinking Water Act (SDWA). Although the State of Utah is authorized to implement the Safe Drinking Water Act, EPA can take federal action against public water systems in the state that violate the SDWA and its regulations. ...
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Western Sugar Cooperative to pay US$56,736 penalty and upgrade plant to settle clean water act issues at Scottsbluff, Neb.
Western Sugar Cooperative, of Denver, Col., has agreed to pay a US$56,736 civil penalty, and will spend an additional US$350,000 on plant upgrades to cut pollution and save water and energy, to settle allegations that its sugar beet processing facility in Scottsbluff, Neb., had excessively high discharges of fecal coliform bacteria in wastewater. Western Sugar’s facility at 2100 East ...
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EPA Updates Rule for Pathogens in Drinking Water, Sets Limit for E. Coli
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has updated the rule for pathogens in drinking water, including setting a limit for the bacteria E. coli to better protect public health. The Revised Total Coliform Rule ensures that all of the approximately 155,000 public water systems in the United States, which provide drinking water to more than 310 million people, take steps to prevent exposure ...
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Colifast presentation in Manchester
Goran Khalaf from Colifast will be a speaker on the Sensor for Water Interest Group (SWIG) www.swig.org.uk workshop on disinfection and microbiological monitoring to be held at the Etihad Stadium in Manchester, UK on the 28th Januarys 2015. The title of his presentation will be: “Benefits of On-Line Detection of E.coli/ Coliforms – Case ...
By Colifast AS
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EPA’s limited sampling indicates bacteria in floodwaters at birds point-new madrid floodway in southeast Missouri
Analysis of this week’s limited sampling of floodwaters in the Birds Point-New Madrid Floodway in southeast Missouri has indicated the presence of bacteria in nine samples of collected water, EPA Region 7 announced today. EPA crews on Tuesday, May 24, conducted surface water sampling at four locations within the floodway to determine if any threats might be present for emergency response ...
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UN camp Mali has drinking water directly from wastewater
High-tech water cycle in the desert In the middle of the desert at the military camp of the United Nations’ Peace Mission in Mali Han Wissink of the MasterMind Company has managed to build a compact water- treatment installation to turn wastewater directly into drinking water. It has not been not a simple task, but mainly thanks to sophisticated online monitoring, including the ...
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Child prodigies determined to solve the increasing water problems
Water disinfection without chemicals. Deepika Kurup investigations. Children are also determined to solve the water problems. In view of some investigators youth, Hydroxyl Radicals seem to have its future guaranteed, as an oxidant agent, for water disinfection without chemicals. Deepika Kurup won with just 14 years old the Discovery Education 3M Young Scientist Challenge. She developed a ...
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Dynatec provides membrane bioreactor system for red pump elementary school
Dynatec’s Hi-Rate Membrane Bioreactor system was the perfect technology to meet the unique needs of a wastewater treatment system for an Elementary School. The system, designed to remove BOD, Nitrogen, TSS, and Fecal Coliforms from the wastewater has recently undergone a successful startup. The system is performing well with minimal operator input and the effluent parameters are well ...
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Latest summary of EPA actions to ensure safe drinking water in Utah (UT)
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency Region 8 issued 4 administrative orders under the Safe Drinking Water Act in Utah from April 1 through September 30, 2010. Although the State of Utah is authorized to implement the Safe Drinking Water Act, EPA can take federal action against public water systems in the state that violate the Act and its regulations. EPA issued administrative orders to ...
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EPA Grants Final Approval of Hach`s m-ColiBlue24® Media for Reporting E. coli in Wastewater
Many entities with NPDES permits may soon be required to begin monitoring for E. coli in wastewater. The EPA has approved Hach's m-ColiBlue24®. Hach's m-ColiBlue24 Prepared Agar PlatesLoveland, Colorado, April, 2007 — Hach Company is pleasedto announce that its m-ColiBlue24® media has received approval from the United States Environmental Protection Agency (USEPA) for monitoring of Escherichia ...
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USGS Releases Results of Gem County Groundwater Quality Study
The entire population of southwestern Idaho’s Gem County depends on aquifers for its drinking water. The water in those aquifers is of generally good quality according to a U.S. Geological Survey report released today. The study was prompted by concerns that rapidly growing population and changes in land use, including potential natural gas exploration and development, might affect the ...
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EPA orders farmer to provide drinking water to Nearby residence
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency has issued an emergency order under the Safe Drinking Water Act to Kenneth Brockett, owner and operator of the Kenneth Brockett Farm in Tyrone, Pa. after determining that the dairy farm has caused or contributed to the contamination of a nearby well. The order requires the dairy farmer to provide an alternative source of drinking water to the owners of ...
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The DelAgua Bacteriological Kit Range
The DelAgua Bacteriological Kit Range is an extension to our Benchtop, Single and Dual Incubator Kits. This range was originally developed for UNICEF and is now used in many countries around the world as a solution to water testing challenges. All kits include either the Single or Dual DelAgua Incubator and offer extended testing for a variety of additional parameters. DelAgua Bacteriological ...
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Using vegetated filter strips to improve water quality
Microbial contamination of surface water resources is a critical water quality issue, leading to many documented health and environmental concerns. Vegetated filter strips have become an important component of water quality improvement by reducing sediment and nutrient transport to surface water. Although this management practice is also beneficial for controlling manure-borne pathogen transport ...
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