Westbrook, Maine-based IDEXX Laboratories’ microbiological test methods are listed in the USEPA’s Final Ambient Water Rule, effective Aug. 20, 2003. Included in the report are Colilert®, Colilert®-18, Enterolert™, Quanti-Tray® and Quanti-Tray®/2000. The company’s Filta-Max® filter for collection and concentration of Cryptosporidium was also included in the rule. This is the first time that the USEPA has specified E. coli as a water quality indicator for ambient water under the Clean Water Act.
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IDEXX Laboratories, Inc.