Guidelines for Canadian Drinking Water Quality: Guideline Technical Document - Enteric Protozoa: Giardia and Cryptosporidium

Part I. Overview and Application
Part II. Science and Technical Considerations
Appendix A: CT tables for the inactivation of Giardia lamblia cysts by chlorine, chlorine dioxide, chloramine and ozone at various temperatures
Appendix B: CT tables for the inactivation of Cryptosporidium oocysts by chlorine dioxide and ozone at various temperatures
Appendix C: Other enteric waterborne protozoans of interest: Toxoplasma gondii, Cyclospora cayetanensis and Entamoeba histolytica
Appendix D: QMRA model
Appendix E: Selected Giardia and Cryptosporidium outbreaks related to public, semi-public and private drinking water systems in Canada
Appendix F: QMRA case study
Appendix G: Acronyms and abbreviations

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Type: Guidelines

Date published: 2012-02

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