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Guidelines Establishing Test Procedures for the Analysis of Pollutants; Analytical Methods for Biological Pollutants in Ambient Water

🏛 Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)EPA-HQ-OW-2002-0010

Water Quality & Infrastructure

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Supporting & Related Material· Jul 27, 2026
Southern California Bight 1998 Regional Monitoring Program: Winter Shoreline Microbiology [W-99-14-I-B-31]→
Supporting & Related Material· Jul 20, 2026
Description of Colilert®, Colilert-18®, Quanti-Tray®, Quanti-Tray®/2000, ClosureTh1, and EnterolertTM methods may be obtained from IDEXX Laboratories, Inc. [W-99-14-I-B-22]→
Supporting & Related Material· Jul 20, 2026
Southern California Bight 1998 Regional Monitoring Program: I. Summer Shoreline Microbiology [W-99-14-I-B-30]→
Supporting & Related Material· Jul 20, 2026
Method 1623: Cryptosporidium and Giardia in Water by Filtration IMS/FA (EPA-82 1-R-0 1-025)[W-99-14-I-B-36]→
Supporting & Related Material· Jul 20, 2026
Improved Enumeration Methods for Recreational Water Quality Indicators: Enterococci and Escherichia coli (EPA-821-R-97-004) [W-99-14-I-B-42]→
Supporting & Related Material· Jul 20, 2026
Clean Water Action Plan: Restoring and Protecting America's Waters (EPA-840-R-98-001) [W-99-14-I-B-45]→
Supporting & Related Material· Jul 20, 2026
Quality Criteria for Water -1976 (EPA-600-3-76-079) [W-99-14-I-B-51]→
Supporting & Related Material· Jul 20, 2026
Implementation and Results of the Information Collection Rule Supplemental Surveys Report (EPA-815-R-01-003) [W-99-14-I-B-40]→
Supporting & Related Material· Jun 29, 2026
Interlaboratory Evaluation of MI Agar and the U.S Environmental Protection Agency-Approved Membrane Filter Method for the Recovery of Total Coliforms and Escherichia coli from Drinking Water [W-99-14-I-B-7]→
Supporting & Related Material· Jun 29, 2026
Annual Book of ASTM Standards - Water and Environmental Technology, Section 11.02, Selected methods [W-99-14-I-B-4]→
Supporting & Related Material· Jun 29, 2026
New Medium for the Simultaneous Detection of Total Coliform and Escherichia coli in Water [W-99-14-I-B-5]→
Supporting & Related Material· Jun 29, 2026
Enumeration of Total Coliforms and Escherichia coli from Source Water by the Defined Substrate Technology [W-99-14-I-B-11]→
Supporting & Related Material· Jun 29, 2026
National Field Evaluation of a Defined Substrate Method for the Simultaneous Enumeration of Total Coliforms and Escherichia coli from Drinking Water: Comparison with Standard Multiple-tube Fermentation Method [W-99-14-I-B-13]→
Supporting & Related Material· Jun 29, 2026
Enterolert -A Rapid Method for Detection of Enterococci spp [W-99-14-I-B-9]→
Supporting & Related Material· Jun 29, 2026
Use of Two Presence/Abscence Systems for the Detection of E. co/i and Coliforms from Water [W-99-14-I-B-16]→
Supporting & Related Material· Jun 29, 2026
Comparison of the Recoveries of Escherichia coli and Total Coliforms from Drinking Water by the MI Agar Method and the U.S. Environmental Protection AgencyApproved Membrane Filter Method [W-99-14-I-B-6]→
Supporting & Related Material· Jun 29, 2026
Recreational Water Study, Oakland County Health Department, Pontiac, Michigan [W-99-14-I-B-26]→
Supporting & Related Material· Jun 29, 2026
National Field Evaluation of a Defined Substrate Method for the Simultaneous Detection of Total Coliforms and Escherichia coli from Drinking Water: Comparison with Presence/Absence Techniques [W-99-14-I-B-12]→
Supporting & Related Material· Jun 29, 2026
Evaluation of Autoanalysis Colilert® In Wastewater [W-99-14-I-B-14]→
Supporting & Related Material· Jun 29, 2026
Comparison of Methods for Determining Escherichia co/i Concentrations in Recreational Waters [W-99-14-I-B-15]→
Supporting & Related Material· Jun 29, 2026
Quanti-TrayTh: A Simple Method for Quantitation of Bacterial Density in Liquid Samples [W-99-14-I-B-23]→
Supporting & Related Material· Jun 29, 2026
Use of Defined Substrate Technology and a Novel Procedure for Estimating the Numbers of Enterococci in water [W-99-14-I-B-17]→
Supporting & Related Material· Jun 29, 2026
A Rapid, Specific Membrane Filtration Procedure for Enumeration of Enterococci in Recreational Water [W-99-14-I-B-29]→
Supporting & Related Material· Jun 29, 2026
Method 1600: Membrane Filter Test Method for Enterococci in Water (EPA-821-R-97-004) [W-99-14-I-B-46]→
Supporting & Related Material· Jun 29, 2026
Standard Methods for the Examination of Water and Wastewater, 20th Edition, Selected methods [W-99-14-I-B-3]→
Supporting & Related Material· Jun 29, 2026
Short Summary of Statistical Results Comparing the New Methods 1600 vs. the Standard Method for Enterococci [W-99-14-I-B-28]→
Supporting & Related Material· Jun 29, 2026
Quanti-Tray/2000TM: Detection and Enumeration of Bacteria from High Bacterial Density Liquid Samples Without Dilution [W-99-14-I-B-24]→
Supporting & Related Material· Jun 29, 2026
Results of the Interlaboratory Method Validation Study for Determination of Cryptosporidium and Giardia Using U.S. EPA Method 1623 (EPA-821-R-01-028) [W-99-14-I-B-37]→
Supporting & Related Material· Jun 29, 2026
Study for the Interlaboratory Testing of mE and mTEC Media for the Enumeration of Enterococci and E. coli, 4 data summary tables attached [W-99-14-I-B-48]→
Supporting & Related Material· Jun 29, 2026
Membrane Filter Method for the Simultaneous Detection of Total Coliforms and Escherichia coil in Drinking Water (EPA 600-R-00-013) [W-99-14-I-B-41]→
Supporting & Related Material· Jun 29, 2026
Action Plan for Beaches and Recreational Waters (EPA/600/R-98/079) [W-99-14-I-B-43]→
Supporting & Related Material· Jun 29, 2026
Membrane Filtration Technique for Enumeration of Enterococci in Marine Waters [W-99-14-I-B-27]→
Supporting & Related Material· Jun 29, 2026
Ambient Water Quality Criteria for Bacteria -1986 (EPA-440-5-84-002) [W-99-14-I-B-47]→
Supporting & Related Material· Jun 29, 2026
Coliform Bacteria and Escherichia coli in Norwegian Drinking Water Sources - Comparison of Methods Based on the Fermentation of Lactose and Methods Based on the Activity of Specific Enzymes [W-99-14-I-B-33]→
Supporting & Related Material· Jun 29, 2026
Evaluation of Colilert-Marine Water for Detection of Total Coliforms and Escherichia coli in the Marine Environment [W-99-14-I-B-34]→
Supporting & Related Material· Jun 29, 2026
Method 1622: Cryptosporidium in Water by Filtration/lMS/FA (EPA-821-R-01-026) [W-99-14-I-B-38]→
Supporting & Related Material· Jun 29, 2026
Test Method 1106.1: Enterococci In Water By The Membrane Filter Procedure (EPA-600-4-85-076) [W-99-14-I-B-50]→
Supporting & Related Material· Jun 29, 2026
A New Membrane Filtration Medium for Simultaneous Detection and Enumeration of Escherichia co/i and Total Coliforms [W-99-14-I-B-19]→
Supporting & Related Material· Jun 29, 2026
Estimation of Coliform Density by the Membrane Filter and the Fermentation Tube Methods [W-99-14-I-B-35]→
Supporting & Related Material· Jun 29, 2026
m-ColiBIue24 Method is available from Hach Company 100 Dayton Avenue, Ames, IA 50010 [W-99-14-I-B-20]→
Supporting & Related Material· Jun 29, 2026
Southern California Bight Regional Monitoring Program: Storm Event Shoreline Microbiology [W-99-14-I-B-32]→
Supporting & Related Material· Jun 29, 2026
Test Method 1103.1: Escherichia coli In Water By The Membrane Filter Procedure (EPA-600-4-85-076) [W-99-14-I-B-49]→
Supporting & Related Material· Jun 29, 2026
Recreational Water Study, State of Illinois [W-99-14-I-B-25]→
Supporting & Related Material· Jun 29, 2026
Quantitative Procedures for the Detection of E. coli, Coliforms, and Enterococci in Water using Quanti-Tray and Enterolert [W-99-14-I-B-18]→
Supporting & Related Material· Jun 29, 2026
Comparability Study Using the Protocol for Alternate [W-99-14-I-B-21] Test Procedures for Microbiology in Compliance with Drinking Water Regulations -m-ColiBlue 24, Membrane Filter Method for Isolation of Total Coliforms and E. coli in Finished Water [W-99-14-I-B-21]→
Supporting & Related Material· Jun 29, 2026
Interlaboratory Validation Study Results for Cryptosporidium Precision and Recovery for U.S. EPA Method 1622 (EPA-821-R-01-027) [W-99-14-I-B-39]→
Supporting & Related Material· Jun 22, 2026
Official Methods of AOAC International, 16th Edition Volume I, Chapter 17, Selected methods [W-99-14-I-B-2]→
Supporting & Related Material· Jun 22, 2026
Evaluation of Enterolert for Enumeration of Enterococci in Recreational Waters [W-99-14-I-B-8]→
Supporting & Related Material· Jun 22, 2026
Evaluation of Enterolert for the enumeration of enterococci in the marine environment [W-99-14-I-B-1]→
Supporting & Related Material· Jun 22, 2026
A Preliminary Study of the Use of Colilert' for Water quality monitoring [W-99-14-I-B-10]→