Guidelines for Canadian Drinking Water Quality: Guideline Technical Document – Escherichia coli
Table of Contents
- Part I. Overview and Application
- Part II. Science and Technical Considerations
- 4.0 Significance of E. coli in drinking water
- 5.0 Analytical methods
- 6.0 Sampling for E. coli
- 7.0 Treatment technology
- 7.1 Municipal scale
- 7.1.1 Level of treatment necessary
- 7.1.2 Physical removal
- 7.1.3 Disinfection
- 7.1.3.1 Chemical disinfection
- 7.1.3.2 UV light disinfection
- 7.2 Residential scale
- 7.1 Municipal scale
- 8.0 Risk assessment
- 9.0 Rationale
- 10.0 References
- Appendix A: Decision Tree for Routine Microbiological Testing of Municipal Scale Systems
- Appendix B: Decision Tree for Routine Microbiological Testing of Residential Scale Systems
- Appendix C: List of Acronyms
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Organization: Health Canada
Type: Guidelines
Date published: 2012-03
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