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
Hygiene Monitoring in Food Safety and Water Systems If you manage or operate water systems today as part of your industrial operations or water utility , you’re probably not thinking much about outer space, but interestingly many of the process you pro... Blog Food & Beverage Intact Cell Count (ICC) Nov 14, 2022
Reduce Warm Water Temperature to Save Energy? Yes, but Beware of Microbiology. Energy saving is no doubt the hottest topic of this winter. What can domestic households and commercial buildings do to contribute to energy saving? Reducing the temperature of the hot water supply se... Blog Facility Management Legionella Oct 26, 2022
Controlling & Monitoring Legionella in Cooling Towers One of the larger considerations for teams that monitor and maintain cooling towers at industrial facilities is the risk that comes from Legionella – a bacteria that can cause a serious lung infection... Blog Cooling Towers Legionella Oct 24, 2022
How to Control Legionella in Your Building? Modern facilities have brought us comfort and convenience that would have been unimaginable 100 years ago. However, sophisticated and urbanized facilities also brought new threats to our health and to... Blog Facility Management Legionella Jul 27, 2022
rqmicro’s Tips for Summer Holidays Are you ready for summer holidays? So are Legionella. A recent study in the EuroSurveillance journal showed that Legionella were found in more than 65% of a total 465 tourist facilities, including hot... Blog Legionella Jul 18, 2022
Legionnaire's disease outbreaks recurring in New York City A very recent Legionnaires' outbreak in New York City was reported on the 25th of May 2022, causing 19 people sick including 1 dead. Even being thousands of miles away, public health officials in Chin... Blog Legionella Jun 3, 2022
Viable but non-culturable bacteria What are VBNC bacteria? The viable but non-culturable (VBNC) state is a unique strategy with which bacteria respond to unfavourable environmental conditions. In the VBNC state bacteria have low metabo... Blog Sep 24, 2017