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Main Title Sampling Regimes and Bacteriological Tests for Coliform Detection in Groundwater.
Author Caldwell, B. A. ; Morita, R. Y. ;
CORP Author Oregon State Univ., Corvallis. Dept. of Microbiology.;Environmental Protection Agency, Cincinnati, OH. Water Engineering Research Lab.
Year Published 1987
Report Number EPA/600/2-87/083;
Stock Number PB88-107230
Additional Subjects Water pollution ; Ground water ; Coliform bacteria ; Bacteriology ; Aquatic microbiology ; Sampling ; Potable water ; Filtration ; Water supply ; Oregon ; Water pollution detection ; Water pollution sampling
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Abstract Since conventional procedures can fail to detect coliforms in potable water, the effects of increased sampling frequency and alternative bacteriological media on coliform detection were evaluated for samples from groundwater-fed public water supply systems. For 1560 drinking water samples collected from ten small water systems in western Oregon, the Presence-Absence (P-A) test detected significantly more coliform positive samples than either the conventional Membrane Filtration (MF) test using mEndo agar-LES or the five and ten replicate Fermentation Tube (FT) test. A five-fold increase in sampling frequency increased the incidence of coliform detection 2.9 to 5.0 fold. An additional study of six hundred water samples demonstrated that five alternative coliform tests including the Presence-Absence test and four MF media formulations detected significantly more coliform positive samples than the conventional MF test under either aerobic or anaerobic conditions. Coliform densities from the m-T7 test were 1.4 to 2.1 times greater than for the other MF tests.
Supplementary Notes Sponsored by Environmental Protection Agency, Cincinnati, OH. Water Engineering Research Lab.
NTIS Title Notes Rept. for 1 Jun 84-31 Aug 86.
PUB Date Free Form Sep 87
Category Codes 68D; 57K
NTIS Prices PC A03/MF A01
Primary Description 600/14
Document Type NT
Cataloging Source NTIS/MT
Control Number 735121318
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