Industrial Water Monitoring

ATP monitoring of industrial process waters is similar to sanitary and potable water testing since it usually involves a simple measurement to determine if treatment is required, and if so, how effective treatment measures were at killing the microorganisms present. This can also be extended to biofilm testing. The suggested guidelines vary depending on the application, as shown below:

Application	cATP (pg/mL)
Application	Good Control	Preventative Action Required	Corrective Action Required
Product Quality Contrl (Paints, Coatings, Slurries)	< 100	100 – 1,000	> 1,000
Papermaking Product Quality (Newsprint, Fine papers)	< 1,000	1,000 – 10,000	> 10,000
Papermaking Odor Control (Paperboard, Recycled Water)	< 10,000	10,000 – 100,000	> 100,000

*Using Deposit & Surface Analysis (DSA) test kit

NOTE: Control guidelines are provided as a suggested starting point; actual control targets should be established by comparing ATP tests to process performance in each application.

When performing trending and univariate correlation analyses, it is recommended that data smoothing (moving averages) be used to remove noise. In general, select a smoothing period corresponding to a number of days between the hydraulic retention time of process being analyzed.

[ Back ]