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Monitoring Heterotrophic Bacteria in Potable Water

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Drinking Water Microbiology

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Measurements of bacterial populations in water have been used since the beginning of sanitary bacteriology (see Chapter 21), and interest in the interpretation of the results has occupied many researchers over the intervening years. In addition to the coliform count, a more generalized bacterial counting procedure has also been used. In the United States, standardization of the methodology for general bacterial counts using a plate-counting procedure began with the activities of the Committee of Bacteriologists of the American Water Works Association from 1895 to 1898 (Prescott et al., 1950). Continued work on standardization of methods for detection of bacteria led to the inclusion of those methods in the first edition (1905) of what is now known as Standard Methods for the Examination of Water and Wastewater (Standard Methods, hereafter).

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Reasoner, D.J. (1990). Monitoring Heterotrophic Bacteria in Potable Water. In: McFeters, G.A. (eds) Drinking Water Microbiology. Brock/Springer Series in Contemporary Bioscience. Springer, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4612-4464-6_22

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