OWML: QA/QC

Quality Assurance/Quality Control Manual: Ohio Water Microbiology Laboratory

REFERENCES
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American Society for Testing and Materials, 1999, Annual Book of ASTM Standards, Section 11, Water and Environmental Technology, Designation: D 1193-99, p. 107-109.

Britton , L.J., and Greeson, P.E., eds., 1987, Methods for collection and analysis of aquatic biological and microbiological samples: U.S. Geological Survey Techniques of Water-Resources Investigations, book 5, chap. A4, 363 p.

Fout, G.S., Martinson, B.C., Moyer, M.W.N., and Dahling, D.R., 2003, A multiplex reverse transcription-PCR method for detection of human enteric viruses in groundwater: Applied and Environmental Microbiology, v. 69, no. 6, p. 3158-3164.

Francy, D.S., Jones, A.L., Myers, D.N., Rowe, G.L., Eberle, M., and Sarver, K.M., 1998, Quality-assurance/quality-control manual for collection and analysis of water-qual­ity data in the Ohio District, U.S. Geological Survey: U.S. Geolog­ical Survey Water-Resources Investigations Report 98-4057, 71 p.

Francy, D.S., Helsel, D.L., and Nally, R.A., 2000, Occurrence and distribution of micro­biological indicators in ground water and stream water: Water Environment Research, v. 72, no. 2, 152 p.

Ijzerman, M.M., and Hagedorn, C., 1992, Improved method for coliphage detection based on b-galactosidase induction: Journal of Virological Methods, v. 40, p. 31-36.

Madigan, M. T., Martinko, J.M., and Parker, J., Brock, Biology of Microoganisms—Ninth Edition: Prentice Hall, Upper Sadlle River, NJ, p. 519.

 U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, 1978, Microbiological methods for monitoring the environment—water and wastes: Cincinnati, Ohio, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, EPA-600/8-78-017, 338 p.          

_________________1985, Test methods for Escherichia coli and enterococci in water by the membrane filtered procedure: Cincinnati, Ohio, Environmental Monitoring and Support Laboratory, EPA 600/4-85/076, 24 p.

_________________1996, EPA Information Collection Rule microbial laboratory manual: Washington, D.C., U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, EPA/600/R-95/178.

_________________2000a, Membrane filter method for the simultaneous detection of total coliforms and Escherichia coli in drinking water: U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Office of Research and Development, EPA 600-R-00-013.

_________________2000b, Improved enumeration methods for the recreational water quality indicators: enterococci and Escherichia coli: U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Office of Science and Technology, EPA/821/R-97/004.

_________________2001a, Method 1601: Male-specific (F+) and somatic coliphage in water by two-step enrichment procedure: Washington, D.C., U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, EPA-821-R-01-030. 

_________________2001b, Method 1602: Male-specific (F+) and somatic coliphage in water by single agar layer (SAL) procedure: Washington, D.C., U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, EPA-821-R-01-029.

_________________ 2002a, Method 1604—Total coliforms and Escherichia coli in water by membrane filtration using a simultaneous detection technique (MI medium): Washington D.C., EPA 821-R-02-024, 14 p.

_________________ 2002b, Method 1603—Escherichia coli in water by membrane filtration using modified membrane-thermotolerant Escherichia coli agar: Washington, D.C., EPA 821-R-02-23, 9 p.

_________________2002c Method 1600—Enterococci in water by membrane filtration using membrane-Enterococcus Indoxyl-b-D-Glucoside agar (mEI): Washington, D.C., EPA/821/R-02/022, 9 p.

_________________ 2005, Method 1623—Cryptosporidium and Giardia in water by filtration/IMS/FA: Washington, D.C., EPA 815-R-05-002, 76 p.