This research highlights the utility of advanced biomass characterization in refinery wastewater treatment to understand process upsets and identify shifts within the microbial community that are contributing to changes... Read More
aqua-tools, the specialist in water microbiology, has delivered the first in series of 30 state-of-the-art Rapid ATP Ballast Water Monitoring Systems to SGS Group. The Geneva-based testing and certification... Read More
A colleague recently conveyed a conversation he’d had with an operator at a sewage treatment plant. Society tends to have an unfounded stigma of sewage treatment plants, so... Read More
What is sludge bulking? Sludge bulking is a severe problem that can plague activated sludge wastewater treatment plants (WWTP). It’s been estimated that 60% of activated sludge WWTP... Read More
Water quality regulators do their best to set policies to ensure the public has access to safe water to drink in terms of microbiological cleanliness. Despite regulations that dictate... Read More
The findings of this technical paper show the utility of ATP monitoring when evaluating significant process changes, and in day-to-day operation.... Read More
Many people know what ATP stands for, but do you know what it does? This blog demystifies this amazing energy carrier and explains why water professionals should care about... Read More
What’s inside: LuminUltra’s 2nd Generation ATP® technology provides users with the means to measure true total microorganism concentration in a wide variety of aqueous and organic fluids. This document... Read More
Biological wastewater can be a be complex testing environment, but also offers the greatest opportunities for cost savings and overall optimization.... Read More
What’s inside: Authored by our long-time European distribution partner, Aqua-tools, with the cooperation of Altis Semiconductor, this document provides an in-depth overview of the improvements that were realized by... Read More
What’s inside: ATP testing can be very simple to carry out, but the science behind it is fascinating. This resource provides an overview of the concepts associated with 2nd... Read More
This whitepaper provides an overview of ATP testing and discusses challenges that are faced to achieve accurate and reliable results. What’s inside: ATP is the primary energy carrier for... Read More
What’s inside: Following the early days of commercial ATP testing in food and hygiene applications up to its present-day use across dozens of new applications, there have been many... Read More
After the popularity of our initial article focusing on “The 5 most common questions that we are asked“, this article picks up where it left off to cover... Read More
What’s inside: This document focuses on the similarities and differences of other commonly-used microbiological tests and LuminUltra’s 2nd Generation ATP® monitoring technology. These other testing methods include: 1st Generation... Read More
Learn the key similarities and differences between ATP tests and traditional culture-based techniques. What’s inside Considering that colony counting has been the most commonly used method of microbial enumeration... Read More
Learn about the advancements made as part of 2nd Generation ATP® technology development compared to traditional “pen”-style ATP tests What’s inside: In the process of developing 2nd Generation ATP... Read More
Many innovations are inspired by nature – LuminUltra’s technology is no different. Find out how we use the same chemical found in a small firefly to prevent big problems... Read More
The goal of any microbiological growth control program, whether it is a single target organism or a multitude of threats, requires the control of the total population. For example,... Read More
Much has been said about the immediate benefits of 2nd Generation ATP monitoring to reveal regrowth hotspots in water distribution system. Having this data available in the field... Read More
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