Field Testing of USEPA Methods 1601 and 1602 for Coliphage in Groundwater

Download or read book Field Testing of USEPA Methods 1601 and 1602 for Coliphage in Groundwater written by and published by American Water Works Association. This book was released on 2004 with total page 132 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This study evaluates these two newly developed USEPA coliphage methods, which are under consideration for approval as required by the Groundwater Rule (GWR). Method 1601 is a qualitative two-step presence-absence procedure and Method 1602 is a quantitative single agar layer (SAL) procedure. This evaluation reports on their assessment of these methods for testing the vulnerability of groundwater for viral/fecal contamination as used for routine monitoring.