WATER TRACING
Sophisticated Water Tracing Systems and Faecal Microbial Contamination Detection
Human or animal faecal contaminants polluting beaches and waterways need to be identified and dealt with rapidly so that public health and safety can be guaranteed.
The water industry and regulatory bodies will be facing increasingly stringent water quality standards as a result of legislation currently being progressed through the EU.
Currently available microbiological techniques are unable to identify the source of the pollution, nor can they differentiate between human and animal sources of pollution.
The latest DNA technologies from EnviroGene, applied together with the company’s unique, environmentally friendly, tracer systems provide precise, rapid, and cost-effective identification of pollution sources, thereby enabling resolution of pollution problems, and compliance with water quality standards.
EnviroGene tracers are also useful in other applications such as potable water tracing, and flow modelling.
Article on tracer technologies from March 08 issue of AWE