Approval of Colilert-18/Quanti-Tray Method for Drinking

IDEXX Summary
5CP
Approval of Defined Substrate Technology® (DST®) for compliance
Topic
testing of drinking water in Spain
Title
5316 Orden SCO/778/2009, de 17 de marzo, sobre métodos
alternativos para el análisis microbiológico del agua de consumo
humano
Author(s)
Ministry of Health and Consumer Affairs
Source
BOE 2009: BOLETÍN OFICIAL DEL ESTADO, No. 78, Section I,
pg 30417
Date
31 March 2009
Highlights:
ƒ Colilert-18/Quanti-Tray is an approved alternative method for the determination of
coliforms and E coli in drinking water
ƒ Approval was based on favorable trial data comparison of Colilert-18/Quanti-Tray
to the International Standard ISO 9308-1:2000: membrane filtration method using
Tergitol Lactose TTC agar
ƒ Complete BOE publication notice can be viewed here