Synthesis Document on Molecular Techniques for the Drinking Water Industry

Legionella are pervasive environmental bacteria that can incidentally cause severe and sometimes fatal infections upon inhalation. Because Legionella inhabit engineered environments and proliferate in warm, stagnant premise water...

In order to provide safe drinking water, utilities must have accurate knowledge of how pathogens are removed by various treatment approaches and be able to predict treatment effectiveness...

Ultraviolet irradiation (UV) is widely used for drinking water disinfection. The majority of the knowledge about UV disinfection is derived from pure-culture, lab-scale studies. Results from such studies...