Mikrobiologische Überwachung der Trinkwasserqualität

Feuerpfeil, I., & Hummel, A. (2016). Mikrobiologische Überwachung der Trinkwasserqualität. Chirurgische Praxis, 81 (2016), Heft 3. https://doi.org/10.60810/openumwelt-1585

Zusammenfassung englisch

Drinking water is the most important food for humans. However, drinking water can also be the source of infections caused by waterborne pathogenic microorganisms. Occurrence of these microorganisms may not only cause single infections but also more or less great epidemics due to the volume of water consumed. For the protection of people's health the German government has provided the bacteriological investigation and surveillance of drinking water in public water distribution systems for more than 100 years to prevent infections. For this indicator organisms are used to detect and estimate the contamination level of drinking water.