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Understanding microbial indicators for drinking water assessment - revised

Topics: Water, Drinking Water
Boil water advisories are issued when water testing detects higher than accepted amounts of microbial indicators or when there are deficiencies with water treatment. The fear of not issuing a boil…
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Update on the NCCPH Small Drinking Water Systems Project

Topics: Drinking Water, Water
Update on the NCCPH Small Drinking Water Systems Project
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Update on the NCCPH Small Drinking Water Systems Project

Topics: Drinking Water, Water
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Use of Microbial Source Tracking Tools in Waterborne Disease Outbreak Response

Topics: Contaminants and Hazards, Water
Fecal pollution in recreational and drinking source waters can result in outbreaks leading to the transmission of disease. Information on the sources of fecal pollution is important because the level…
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Virtual Dialogue: Pursuing Co-Benefits to Advance Water Management

Topics: Water
Despite the future uncertainty of climate change, emerging contaminants, regulatory changes and unforeseen challenges like the COVID-19 pandemic, operational decisions in water, wastewater and…
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Wading through the mire: Keeping up with new and changing Canadian Drinking Water Guidelines

Topics: Contaminants and Hazards, Drinking Water, Water
Changes to Canadian Drinking Water Guidelines Over the past year there have been nine new consultations and announcement of eleven new or updated Canadian Drinking Water Guidelines. Keeping up with…
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Wastewater-based epidemiology in Canada: Use cases, challenges and next steps

Topics: Water
This is the second webinar in a 2-part series; the first webinar will be held earlier on the same day. Across the globe, wastewater-based epidemiology (WBE) monitoring of SARS-CoV-2 has surged since…
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Water-borne Disease Outbreaks in Canadian Small Drinking Water Systems

Topics: Drinking Water, Water
Information about Canadian drinking water systems and past water-borne disease outbreaks is incomplete and non-standardized. Standard definitions and coordinated surveillance systems for water-borne…
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Water-borne Disease Outbreaks in Canadian Small Drinking Water Systems

Topics: Contaminants and Hazards, Water, Infectious Diseases, Drinking Water
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When can Point-of-Use Water Filters be used for Removal of Protozoa?

Topics: Contaminants and Hazards, Water, Biological Agents, Infectious Diseases, Drinking Water
While boiling water is an effective way to kill most microbial pathogens, research performed in the United Kingdom has shown that people do not necessarily comply with boil water advisories.…
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World Water Day

Topics: Climate Change, Drinking Water, Recreational Water, Water
World Water Day 2020 is about water and climate change – and how the two are inextricably linked.
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