2. Biological health risk assessment
2.1 Microbiological pollution indicators
It is often difficult, and time-consuming, to count pathogenic micro-organisms in water, mainly because of their small numbers. For some micro-organisms, analytical methods are insufficiently developed (impossible culture on medium, etc.).
It therefore seems preferable to count pathogenic indicator micro-organisms, which are generally easier to detect and whose presence corresponds to the possibility of finding a given pathogen or group of pathogens.
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Special features of pollution monitors
Pollution indicators have been defined on a number of occasions, and were reiterated in 1972 at the Stockholm conference organized by the United Nations. There...
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Biological health risk assessment
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Bibliography
Websites
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AFNOR Validation (page consulted on March 16, 2014)
Events
DUGUET (J.P.), JOYEUX (M.) – Methods for disinfecting water – Presentation at the 15th Colloquium on the Epidemiological Control of Infectious Diseases, Institut Pasteur, 2010 (accessed October 6, 2014)
http://www.infectiologie.com/site/medias/diaporamas/CEMI/2010/CEMI-2010-DUGUET.pdf
...Standards and norms
- Technical Guide to Accreditation – On-site water sampling and physico-chemical testing – Document LAB GTA 29 Revision 00. - COFRAC - 2013
Regulations
Council Directive 98/83/EC of November 3, 1998 on the quality of water intended for human consumption (OJ L 330, 5.12.1998, p. 32), as amended (Regulations (EC) no. 1882/2003 and no. 596/2009 of the European Parliament and of the Council).
Law n° 2006-1772 of December 30, 2006 on water and aquatic environments (1) (consolidated version as of July...
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