Water Microbiology 2003

Water Microbiology Scheme

The scheme consists of 2 programs of natural water and 12 months of freeze dried check samples. Individual programs can also be purchased separately.

Program Number and Date	Sample Type	Tests Offered
P4 April	Freeze dried Cooling Water	Legionella count and discrimination between L. pneumophila and other species Plate count 21ºC Plate count 37ºC
P7 October	Freeze dried Cooling Water	Legionella count and discrimination between L. pneumophila and other species Plate count 21ºC Plate count 37ºC
CSP (operates from May until the following April)	Freeze dried check sample program	 total plate count plate count at 21ºC count of coliforms count of E.coli count of yeasts and moulds count of coagulase positive Staphylococcus count of Clostridium count of Pseudomonas species count of Pseudomonas aeruginosa Thermo-tolerant (faecal) coliform count Enterococcus count Faecal Streptococcus count
XPT	Generic freeze dried check sample program	Salmonella presence/absence Vibrio cholerae and Vibrio species identiification Campylobacter presence/absence Yersinia presence/absence

P4 and P7 each consist of three samples. For the check sample program (CSP), there are 12 freeze dried samples. One sample is re-constituted every month and tested for set parameters. Results are submitted, and a summary report is provided after each round. These programs are designed to provide timely, essential information concerning your performance in the required tests.

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Date of page update: August 31, 2012