Water Reuse and Recycling in Industrial Processes: Ensuring Water Quality for Sustainable Operations Water is a vital resource across industries, from cosmetics and food & beverages (F&B) to automotive and textile manufacturing. As businesses move toward sustainability, water reuse and recycling have... Blog Cooling Towers Food & Beverage Industry Intact Cell Count (ICC) Water Reuse Sep 20, 2024
Why ICC beats the ATP test Taking control of water microbiology requires relevant and accurate data. This article provides an overview of microbial detection methods and a deep dive into two rapid methods to quantify viable bac... Blog Industry Intact Cell Count (ICC) Jul 8, 2024
The risk of undetected E. coli contamination in water and food The presence of E. coli bacteria indicates hygiene issues Microorganisms in water systems, particularly pathogenic bacteria, threaten public health [1]. Waste from humans and animals might cause conta... Blog E. coli Industry Water Utility Apr 5, 2024
Industry Needs Water Innovation Managing Water Has Become Strategic and Technology-Driven Industries, such as food and beverage, semiconductor and car industries use large amounts of water for different purposes - cleaning, cooling,... Blog Industry Feb 22, 2024
Transmission of Legionnaires’ Disease in Public Facilities Legionnaires’ Disease Following an outbreak of severe pneumonia at an American Legion convention in 1976, the bacteria Legionella pneumophila was identified as the illness-causing agent [1]. The sprea... Blog Facility Management Legionella Feb 9, 2024
Enhancing Water Safety Practices at Shanghai Swimming Center Shanghai Swimming Center, June 27, 2023 - In an exclusive interview, Shanghai Lanpure Water Treatment Co., Ltd. and rqmicro revealed innovative measures to enhance water safety at the recently renovat... Blog Case Story Facility Management Nov 28, 2023
Legionella Threat from Air Humidifiers: A Hidden Danger in Industrial Settings Air humidifiers play a crucial role in maintaining optimal environmental conditions in production and storage facilities as well as in public and commercial buildings. Examples of such facilities rang... Blog Industry Legionella Oct 24, 2023
Viable but Non-Culturable (VBNC) Bacteria Threaten Food Safety In 1982, the presence of viable but non-culturable (VBNC) bacteria was first discovered with supporting evidence in Escherichia coli (E. coli) and Vibrio cholerae (V. cholerae) [1]. Ever since then, t... Blog Food & Beverage Intact Cell Count (ICC) Sep 26, 2023
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
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