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Main Title EPA microbiological alternate test procedure (ATP) protocol for drinking water, ambient water, and wastewater monitoring methods : guidance /
CORP Author Environmental Protection Agency, Washington, DC. Office of Water.
Publisher U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Office of Water. Engineering and Analysis Division,
Year Published 2004
Report Number EPA 821-B-03-004
Stock Number PB2004-106671
OCLC Number 56837216
Subjects Water--Analysis--United States ; Drinking water--Analysis--United States ; Sewage--Analysis--United States
Additional Subjects Drinking water ; Water quality standards ; Test methods ; Escherichia coli ; Turbidity ; US EPA ; Microbiology ; Test methods ; Filters ; Quality control ; Waste water ; Environmental monitoring
Internet Access
Description Access URL
https://nepis.epa.gov/Exe/ZyPDF.cgi?Dockey=901Q0900.PDF
http://www.epa.gov/waterscience/methods/EPA821B03004.pdf
Holdings
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EJBD  EPA 821-B-03-004 Headquarters Library/Washington,DC 10/29/2004
NTIS  PB2004-106671 Some EPA libraries have a fiche copy filed under the call number shown. 07/26/2022
Collation {95} p. ; 28 cm.
Abstract
This document describes a process for seeking EPA approval of microbiological alternate test procedures (ATPs) or new methods for use in monitoring drinking water, ambient water, and wastewater. This document serves as a supplement to the ATP guidelines at 40 CFR 136.4, 136.5, and 141.27. With this guidance document, EPA has revised and combined the three existing microbiological ATP protocols to make the ATP process more transparent to applicants while maintaining the same level of data quality. The guidelines in Quantitative Membrane Filter Methods (Reference 10.16), Presence/Absence Liquid Culture Methods for Finished Water (Reference 10.17), and Presence/Absence Membrane Filter Methods for Finished Waters (Reference 10.15) have been incorporated into this single protocol, which is applicable to a wider range of analytes and techniques. This revised ATP protocol describes a process for conducting side-by-side method comparisons and for conducting quality control (QC) acceptance criteria-based method studies for EPA-approved reference methods with QC acceptance criteria. Additionally, in some cases the revised protocol provides applicants an opportunity to demonstrate comparability by meeting QC acceptance criteria associated with the EPA-approved reference methods for different combinations of analyte and determinative technique.
Notes
"EPA 821-B-03-004" "April 2004"--cover. "July 2003"--verso of cover.