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1Department of Microbiology, Colorado State University, Fort Collins, Colorado 80523.
Abstract:
This is a discussion of the kinds of microbial standards that apply to various kinds of water and the circumstances under which the standards might be used. Standards are universal language. Appropriate standards depend upon proper personnel, materials and procedures to be effective. Comments are made on some possible situations where the concept of standards may restrain good scientific and technical development. Historically, there is circumstantial evidence enforcement of microbial standards has aided our great advances in water hygiene.
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