This study compared recovery of fecal coliform bacteria from sewage by Colilert-18 and Standard Methods 9222D (membrane-Fecal Coliform medium) in accordance with the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Alternative Test Protocol (ATP). Samples were collected from 10 different wastewater treatment plants in the northeastern United States and tested in a single laboratory. Twenty replicates...

The aim of this study was to evaluate the microbiological quality of different commercial mineral water brands, wells and reservoir supplies in surrounding areas of the city of Marília, Brazil, to determine the amount of total and fecal coliforms. Eighteen samples of each source (mineral and reservoir supplies) were analyzed using Colilert Technique in cellophane. The results revealed that one ...

Bacterial pathogens are a leading cause of waterborne disease, and may result in gastrointestinal outbreaks worldwide. Inhabitants of the Bassaseachic Falls National Park in Chihuahua, Mexico show seasonal gastroenteritis problems. This aim of this study was to detect enteropathogenic microorganisms responsible for diarrheal outbreaks in this area. In 2013, 49 surface water samples from 13 sele...

Hewletts Creek, in Wilmington, North Carolina, drains a large suburban watershed and as such is affected by high fecal bacteria loads and periodic algal blooms from nutrient loading. During 2007, a 3.1-ha wetland was constructed to treat stormwater runoff from a 238-ha watershed within the Hewletts Creek drainage. A rain event sampling program was performed in 2009-2010 to evaluate the efficacy...

Two housed, swine-growing-finishing units were studied for numbers of total bacteria, fecal coliforms, Staphylococcus, and Salmonella in the air. At 30.5 and 122 cm from the floor, total colony-forming particles, as tested, averaged 3.4 x 10 and 1.3 x 10/m of air, respectively; whereas fecal coliform counts averaged 24 x 10 and 1.9 x 10/m of air, respectively. Only 41% of the organisms growing ...

Results: In the fi eld study, average daily gain of antibiotic-fed pigs was larger than that of DFM-fed pigs. Other growthperformance parameters, fecal Escherichia coli concentrations, and prevalence of Salmonella serovars were similar among treatment groups. Under experimental conditions, total fecal coliform concentration was signifi cantly lower in the antibiotic-fed group than in the two ot...

abstract background: the aim of this study was to compare the efficiency of conventional slow sand filter with modified filter bed with crushed recycled glass in removing of turbidity and total and fecal coliforms from water resources.   methods: in this study efficiency of conventional slow sand filter and modified filter bed with crushed recycled glass during 4 months was compared and their p...

normal 0 false false false en-us x-none fa background: nowadays wastewater is one of the important sources of environmental pollutions and   one of the aims of wastewater treatment is to maintain a healthy environment. nonstandard wastewater discharges and their use in agriculture or discharge to surface water will follow environmental and health hazards. the aim of this study was to compare th...