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Researchers Look to Ancient History for an Inventive Answer to Lima’s Water Stress
About Lima The city of Lima is a thriving South American metropolis. It’s the capital of Peru as well as that country’s economic and cultural centre. With the population of Greater Lima hovering at around 10 million people, it’s one of the largest cities in the Western Hemisphere. Lima also has a serious water… Read More
Bug Bottles vs qPCR – What’s the Difference?
What are ‘Bug Bottles’? As highlighted in a previous blog, microbes can cause a range of microbiological problems in oil and gas extraction processes. By controlling microbial growth, operators can prevent issues such as: plugging, flow-reduction, reservoir souring and costly microbially influenced corrosion. Various methods are available for monitoring levels of problematic groups of bacteria,… Read More
Drinking Water Woes Grow in India
There’s been some alarming news coming out of India lately. According to India’s news network, NDTV, 21 cities will run out of drinking water by 2020. Those cities, including the capital New Delhi, are home to more than 100 million people. In fact, one of the cities on the list has already run out of… Read More
Takeaways from AWWA’s ACE19
Last month I attended the American Water Works Association’s Annual Conference and Exhibition in Denver. There was a lot to learn with so many technical presentations, workshops, and trade show booths, so I figured I would highlight some of my key takeaways from the conference. 1. Top Trend Given the size of the conference,… Read More
How Can I Use NGS to Improve My Industrial Process?
First of all, what is NGS and what does it do? Next-Generation Sequencing (NGS) is a tool that has revolutionized many fields of study. So far DNA sequencing has played a large part in molecular biology, evolutionary biology, medicine, forensics and more, but are you aware it can play a significant role in the water… Read More
There’s an App for That: 3 Mobile Apps for Water Conservation
There’s no shortage of information available online for people who are interested in learning about water conservation. Whether it’s an organization like the World Water Council that looks at the issues of scarcity, sustainability and management on a global scale or the Alliance for Water Efficiency’s Home Water Works Program, which seeks to inform people… Read More
What Lights Up Fireflies Can Also Keep Water Safe
The same chemical reaction that lights up fireflies on a warm summer night can also reveal microorganisms in water. Fireflies glow when adenosine triphosphate (ATP) molecules react with the compound luciferin and the bioluminescent enzyme luciferase. LuminUltra’s 2nd Generation ATP testing solutions take that same chemical reaction and use it to show how many microbes… Read More
[News Release] LuminUltra Introduces GeneCount™ DNA-Based Microbial Solutions
June 20, 2019 – Microbiology control specialist LuminUltra today launched its revolutionary new GeneCount™ portfolio of DNA products and services, making it far easier and faster to quantify, specify and target the types of organisms found in all types of water systems, on surfaces and in solid samples. Users of LuminUltra’s 2nd Generation Adenosine… Read More
World Water Consumption, Pricing and Distribution – Illustrated
Quite often in the water industry, ideas get expressed through numbers. Percentage daily usage, microbial counts, evaporation loss rates, temperature variances…you get the idea. It’s easier to understand complex data when it’s represented graphically. With that in mind, here are some interesting water statistics that demonstrate just how much water we’re using and how. World… Read More
What’s in a name? Three Intricacies of Organism Names in NGS Data
There’s no universal method for cataloging organisms or for converting sequencing data to taxonomic data, so careful examination of methodology, as well as the results, is needed when analyzing DNA-associated data. Three of the intricacies are discussed below: Candidatus The formal naming of organisms is determined by a set of rules called the International… Read More