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  • Pathogens in recycled water – Advanced methods for detection

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    Author(s)
    Stratton, Helen
    Matthews, Ben
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    Stratton, Helen M.
    Matthews, Ben S.
    Year published
    2009
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    Abstract
    In developed countries water managers are constantly under pressure to provide the clean and safe water. Traditionally, and for at least the past 100 years, the management of biological water quality has relied on the use of microbial indicator organisms to assess the potential risk of waterborne disease. Over the past few years there have been a number of critical reviews of guidelines and standards for managing risk in water storage, treatment and supply. International, national and state agencies have initiated these reviews and have all generally agreed that technology for alternative methods, in place of the use of ...
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    In developed countries water managers are constantly under pressure to provide the clean and safe water. Traditionally, and for at least the past 100 years, the management of biological water quality has relied on the use of microbial indicator organisms to assess the potential risk of waterborne disease. Over the past few years there have been a number of critical reviews of guidelines and standards for managing risk in water storage, treatment and supply. International, national and state agencies have initiated these reviews and have all generally agreed that technology for alternative methods, in place of the use of indicator organisms for risk assessment of microbial water quality, has not advanced to point where there is an obvious replacement. However even in the last three years improvements in genetic techniques, such as real-time quantitative PCR and DNA microarrays are making advances that may allow us to consider alternatives to using indicator organisms in the foreseeable future. Here we present the issues and pros and cons associated with the use of indicator organisms compared to the use of molecular biology approaches for microbial risk management in recycled water. The current state of the legislation and guidelines is also discussed.
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    Journal Title
    Microbiology Australia
    Volume
    30
    Issue
    1
    Publisher URI
    http://microbiology.publish.csiro.au/nid/206/issue/6863.htm
    Copyright Statement
    © 2009 ASM. The attached file is reproduced here in accordance with the copyright policy of the publisher. Please refer to the journal's website for access to the definitive, published version.
    Subject
    Microbial Ecology
    Infectious Agents
    Biochemistry and Cell Biology
    Microbiology
    Publication URI
    http://hdl.handle.net/10072/31442
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