Understanding and Managing Risk Throughout Water Utility Systems There's little question that water utility companies play a crucial role in providing safe, reliable water services to their communities. Because this mandate has a direct impact on public health, wat... Blog Water Industry rqmicro.COUNT Aug 25, 2023
How Companies Find Their Silver Lining Through rqmicro’s Cloud Quality control managers and process engineers must regularly and accurately test and monitor critical water systems to ensure the microbiology in these systems remains under control. These use cases ... Blog Cloud Solution rqmicro.COUNT Jul 21, 2023
Flow Cytometry-Based Intact Cell Count Challenges the Conventional Heterotrophic Plate Count Heterotrophic plate counts (HPC) have been used for more than 130 years as the standard method to quantify bacteria. With the progress of technology, new analytical tools like microscopy and flow cyto... Blog rqmicro.COUNT Jul 7, 2023
Q&A with rqmicro Founder and CEO Dr. Hans-Anton Keserue On the occasion of rqmicro’s 10th anniversary, we talked to the company’s founder and CEO, Dr. Hans-Anton Keserue to learn more about the first decade of business, and his vision for the microbial det... News Jun 26, 2023
The Association of German Engineers (VDI) extended its guidelines to include rapid testing of Legionella in cooling towers in the VDI guideline 4250-2. As in many countries around the world, the risk posed by Legionella, the water-borne bacteria behind a serious lung infection known Legionnaires disease, became very real in 2013. That year, a Legionn... Cooling Towers Legionella News May 25, 2023
Water Safety Considerations for Food & Beverage Companies Step back to the year 1767. That’s when the first bottled water was commercially distributed and sold in colonial America at a place called Jackson's Spa in Boston. Customers were said to believe that... Blog Food & Beverage Intact Cell Count (ICC) Apr 19, 2023
Monitoring and Testing Considerations for Water Utilities Water utilities have a primary responsibility to provide safe drinking water to their customers, and any contamination, suspected or confirmed, must be taken seriously. That’s because even low levels ... Blog Intact Cell Count (ICC) Total Cell Count (TCC) Water Utility Mar 22, 2023
Risk Monitoring in Industrial Cooling Towers Industrial cooling towers—the larger, more powerful version of HVAC systems found in office buildings, schools, and hospitals—are used to remove heat from cooling systems found in industrial environme... Blog Cooling Towers Legionella Feb 13, 2023
How Flow Cytometry Helps Water Utilities Better Understand the Microbial Fingerprint Providing clean, safe water is the single-biggest priority for water utilities . To continue doing so, these municipal / local water treatment facilities must perform regular and reliable monitoring. ... Blog Intact Cell Count (ICC) Total Cell Count (TCC) Water Utility Jan 13, 2023
Recognize the Bacterial Fingerprint of Drinking Water with Portable Flow Cytometry Bacterial growth during water supply poses a threat to drinking water safety and public health. Flow cytometry (FCM) total cell count (TCC) has been demonstrated to be an ideal choice for compliance m... Blog Total Cell Count (TCC) Water Utility Jan 5, 2023
Managing Legionella Risk During the Winter Months Contrary to what many individuals might believe, bacteria can thrive in both extreme hot and extreme cold. Though many strains such as Legionella—the prevalent bug behind a serious type of lung infect... Blog Legionella Legionella Risk Assessment Dec 2, 2022
Monitoring Microbiologically Influenced Corrosion (MIC) with Intact Cell Count (ICC) Microbiologically influenced corrosion (MIC) refers to corrosions caused by the presence and activities of microorganisms. Viable microorganisms widely exist in natural environments. Corrosion initiat... Blog Intact Cell Count (ICC) Microbiologically Influenced Corrosion (MIC) Nov 28, 2022