IDEXX Water | Colilert-18 ®
Source : Drinking Water Inspectorate Annual Reports
Reduction in Coliform contamination events from 1997-2012 using Colilert-18
“ Published data shows that longterm adoption of detection methods with high sensitivity and appropriate follow-up action can result in an 80 percent reduction in coliform contamination events at the tap and at service reservoirs ”
– Professor Colin Fricker coliform contamination events at the tap and at service reservoirs ,” said Fricker .
“ Early detection is vital because the findings can be indicators of contamination by more serious pathogens including Cryptosporidium , Giardia , Campylobacter , Salmonella , Shigella and viruses . Failure to detect coliform ingress into a distribution network can result in contamination of entire systems .”
Cost and time implications can be extremely serious , especially if remedies such as hyperchlorination of distribution systems , cleaning up biofilm , flushing and even replacing
112 December 2014